A Look At FirstSun Capital Bancorp (FSUN) Valuation After Zacks Rank Upgrade And Earnings Estimate Increase

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Mon, February 16, 2026 at 1:08 AM GMT+9 3 min read

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What the Zacks upgrade means for FirstSun Capital Bancorp stock

FirstSun Capital Bancorp (FSUN) has just been added to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) List, after Zacks Consensus Estimates for current year earnings increased by 9.8% over the past two months.

This upgrade comes while analysts still flag sector headwinds related to slower revenue growth and pressure on net interest margins. This makes the shift in earnings expectations an important data point for anyone tracking the stock.

See our latest analysis for FirstSun Capital Bancorp.

FirstSun’s share price has climbed 29.9% over the past 90 days, while its latest close at $39.19 still sits against a 1 year total shareholder return of an 8.9% decline. This suggests that recent momentum contrasts with more mixed longer term outcomes as investors reassess earnings expectations and sector risks.

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With FSUN trading at $39.19, sitting at a reported 17% discount to an analyst price target and a 54% intrinsic discount, you have to ask: is this a genuine value gap, or is the market already baking in future growth?

Most Popular Narrative: 14.8% Undervalued

FirstSun Capital Bancorp’s most followed narrative anchors fair value at $46 per share, comfortably above the last close at $39.19. This is what underpins the 54% intrinsic discount and 17% gap to the analyst target investors are looking at today.

Strong capital and liquidity ratios combined with an opportunistic approach toward organic growth and selective M&A provide FirstSun with flexibility to pursue expansion and deepen market presence, setting the stage for scalable revenue growth and long-term earnings accretion.

Read the complete narrative.

Want to see what kind of revenue runway and margin profile has to line up to support that higher fair value? The narrative leans heavily on double digit top line compounding, a steady but not explosive shift in profitability, and a future earnings multiple that assumes investors will reward that growth more generously than the broader US banks group. Curious how those moving parts fit together across the next few years and what discount rate brings it all back to $46 today?

Result: Fair Value of $46 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what’s behind the forecasts.

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However, this depends on deposits and fee income holding up, and on credit costs not climbing further after the recent US$5,024,000 in net charge offs.

Find out about the key risks to this FirstSun Capital Bancorp narrative.

Another way to look at FSUN’s valuation

The SWS DCF model points to a fair value of $85.35 per share, compared with the current price of $39.19, which represents a 54.1% difference. That is a very wide margin for any bank, so you have to decide whether the cash flow assumptions feel realistic or too generous.

Look into how the SWS DCF model arrives at its fair value.

FSUN Discounted Cash Flow as at Feb 2026

Build Your Own FirstSun Capital Bancorp Narrative

If you look at these numbers and come to a different conclusion, or simply prefer to stress test the assumptions yourself, you can build a version that reflects your own view in just a few minutes, Do it your way.

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