Shankar Ram Liquidates 2,000 UMB Financial Shares
Despite the 6% reduction in direct holdings, the insider maintains 30,389 shares directly.

UMB Financial Corporation serves as the holding company for UMB Bank, delivering a comprehensive array of banking and financial solutions. Its Commercial ...
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$1.69 per share
Est. EPS $3.21 · Revenue $741.26M · 10 analysts
$1.69 per share
Est. EPS $3.27 · Revenue $754.90M · 10 analysts
| Metric | Latest | YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength. | QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes. |
|---|---|---|---|
| RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three). | $4.4B | +68.5% | +28.8% |
| Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day. | $702.4M | +59.2% | +6.2% |
| Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials. | +54.4% | +2.1% | +9.0% |
| Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on). | +20.3% | -1.3% | +115.1% |
| Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales. | +15.8% | -5.5% | -17.6% |
| Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock. | $978.1M | +386.4% | -0.8% |
| FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine. | +22.0% | +188.7% | -23.0% |
| Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe. | 49.4% | -42.8% | -13.8% |
| Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking. | 0.01x | -96.0% | +22.0% |
| Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground. | $73.1B | +45.0% | -0.6% |
| Metric | Annual (A vs E) | Annual Surprise | Quarter (A vs E) | Quarter Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPS Surprise | 9.13 vs 10.72 | -14.8% | 3.56 vs 3.21 | +11.1% |
| Revenue Surprise | $4.4B vs $2.6B | +70.5% | $1.1B vs $741.3M | +50.7% |
| Date | Executive | Title | Security | Side | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Peterman Tamara | director | Common Stock | A | 394 | $139.60 |
| Sep 1, 2026 | GRAVES GREG M | director | Common Stock | A | 573 | $139.60 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Terry Thomas S | officer: Chief Credit Officer | Common Stock | D | 5,713 | $151.77 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Shankar Ram | officer: Chief Financial Officer | Common Stock | D | 2,000 | $151.61 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Murphy Susan G | director | Common Stock | D | 475 | $145.66 |
Operator: Hello, and thank you for standing by. My name is Dennis, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the UMB Financial Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results Conference Call. I would now like to turn the call over to Kay Gregory with Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Kay Gregory: Good morning, and welcome to our second quarter 2026 call. Mariner Kemper, Chairman and CEO; and Ram Shankar, CFO, will share a few comments about our results, and then we'll open the call for questions from equity research analysts. Jim Rine, President of the holding company and CEO of UMB Bank, along with Tom Terry, Chief Credit Officer, will be available for the question-and-answer session. Before we begin, let me remind you that today's presentation contains forward-looking statements, including the discussion of future financial and operating results as well as other opportunities management foresees. Forward-looking statements and any pro forma metrics are subject to assumptions, risks and uncertainties as outlined in our SEC filings and summarized in our presentation on Slide 48. Actual results may differ from those set forth in forward-looking statements, which speak only as of today. We undertake no obligation to update them, except to the extent required by securities laws. Presentation materials are available online at investorrelations.umb.com and include reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures. All per share metrics refer to common shares and are on a diluted share basis. Now I'll turn the call over to Mariner Kemper. J. Kemper: Thank you, Kay, and good morning, everyone. Yesterday afternoon, we reported second quarter net income of $271.8 million, resulting in earnings per share of $3.56. Our strong results generated an operating return on tangible common equity of 20.3% and an operating efficiency ratio of 48.1%. A few highlights from the quarter include a 12.6% linked-quarter annualized growth in average loan balances, bolstered by a record $2.6 billion in gross production, continued high-quality credit metrics with net charge-offs of just 16 basis points of average loans. Nonperforming loans were 31 basis points, an improvement from 38 basis points in the first quarter, 4 basis points of core margin expansion through disciplined pricing on both sides of the balance sheet and ongoing momentum in our fee businesses. Our private investment activity continued to deliver with $27.1 million in net gains from our holdings, primarily related to our investment in Beacon Communications and SpaceX Technologies. Total fee income from our varied institutional banking businesses increased 6% on a linked-quarter basis and 19.6% from the second quarter in 2025, led by asset servicing and corporate trust. Each of those businesses saw a more than 20% year-over-year increase in fee income. In Fund Services, assets under administration increased nearly $57 billion from the prior quarter and stand at …
| Name | Title | Compensation | Gender | Year Born | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Mariner Kemper | Chairman & Chief Executive Officer | USD 4,850,817 | Male | 1973 | Active |
James D. Rine | President & Vice Chairman | USD 2,780,808 | Male | 1971 | Active |
Ram Shankar | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | USD 1,684,278 | Male | 1973 | Active |
Shannon Andresen Johnson | Executive VP, Chief Administrative Officer & Chief Risk Officer | USD 1,682,101 | Female | 1980 | Active |
Uma Wilson | Executive VP and Chief Information, Bank Product & Operations Officer | USD 1,475,661 | Female | 1979 | Active |
Thomas S. Terry | Executive Vice President & Chief Credit Officer | USD 1,077,437 | Male | 1964 | Active |
Nikki Farentino Newton | President of Private Wealth Management - UMB Bank, National Association | USD 847,583 | Male | 1972 | Active |
John R. Russ | President of Commercial Services | — | Male | — | Active |
James A. Sangster | Executive Vice President | — | Male | 1955 | Active |
Brian Nelson Kaufman | Managing Director of Prairie Capital Management | — | Male | — | Active |
David Carl Odgers | Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer & Controller | — | Male | 1970 | Active |
Despite the 6% reduction in direct holdings, the insider maintains 30,389 shares directly.

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