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Brad Milsaps's Stock Ratings
Piper Sandler Analyst
Brad Milsaps is an analyst at Piper Sandler. Analyst ratings are quantitative and qualitative analysis of a stock by Wall Street stock rating analysts. Stock ratings consist of expected future growth, current stock valuation and macroeconomic trends. Updated 12/16/2025
Updated: Dec 16, 2025
Overall Average Return
19.6%
Smart Score
Overall Average Return Percentile
76th
Number of Ratings
77
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| 04/23/2025 | CADE | Buy Now | Cadence Bank | $43.03 | -16.35% | $38 → $36 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 12/11/2024 | SNV | Buy Now | Synovus Finl | $52.89 | 21% | $56 → $64 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 07/24/2024 | CADE | Buy Now | Cadence Bank | $43.03 | -20.99% | $33 → $34 | Downgrade | Overweight → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 07/19/2024 | SNV | Buy Now | Synovus Finl | $52.89 | 0.2% | $42 → $53 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 04/19/2024 | SNV | Buy Now | Synovus Finl | $52.89 | -20.59% | $46 → $42 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 03/26/2024 | TRMK | Buy Now | Trustmark | $40.87 | -29.03% | → $29 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 01/30/2024 | SFBS | Buy Now | Servisfirst Bancshares | $74.00 | -13.52% | $55 → $64 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 01/17/2024 | HWC | Buy Now | Hancock Whitney | $66.04 | -16.72% | $51 → $55 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 10/25/2023 | CADE | Buy Now | Cadence Bank | $43.03 | -34.94% | $30 → $28 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 10/23/2023 | ZION | Buy Now | Zions Bancorp | $59.20 | -51.01% | $34 → $29 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 10/23/2023 | WAL | Buy Now | Western Alliance | $85.59 | -31.07% | $60 → $59 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 10/06/2023 | ZION | Buy Now | Zions Bancorp | $59.20 | -42.56% | → $34 | Assumes | → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 08/25/2023 | WAL | Buy Now | Western Alliance | $85.59 | -29.9% | → $60 | Assumes | → Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 07/26/2023 | IBTX | Buy Now | Independent Bank Gr | — | — | $40 → $44 | Downgrade | Overweight → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 07/19/2023 | HWC | Buy Now | Hancock Whitney | $66.04 | -30.35% | $50 → $46 | Downgrade | Overweight → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 04/27/2023 | RNST | Buy Now | Renasant | $37.30 | -14.21% | $34.5 → $32 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 04/26/2023 | SBSI | Buy Now | Southside Bancshares | $32.17 | 2.56% | $36 → $33 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 04/26/2023 | IBTX | Buy Now | Independent Bank Gr | — | — | $55 → $48 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 04/20/2023 | ZION | Buy Now | Zions Bancorp | $59.20 | -27.36% | $42 → $43 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 04/20/2023 | WAL | Buy Now | Western Alliance | $85.59 | -38.08% | $62 → $53 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 04/20/2023 | UCBI | Buy Now | United Community Banks | — | — | $32 → $31 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 04/19/2023 | HWC | Buy Now | Hancock Whitney | $66.04 | -28.83% | $50 → $47 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 01/30/2023 | STEL | Buy Now | Stellar Bancorp | $32.42 | 4.86% | $36 → $34 | Upgrade | Neutral → Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 01/27/2023 | OBNK | Buy Now | Origin Bancorp | — | — | $46 → $41 | Downgrade | Overweight → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 01/26/2023 | VBTX | Buy Now | Veritex Holdings | — | — | $36 → $32 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 01/26/2023 | TRMK | Buy Now | Trustmark | $40.87 | -24.14% | $36 → $31 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 01/26/2023 | RNST | Buy Now | Renasant | $37.30 | 0.54% | $39 → $37.5 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 01/24/2023 | SFBS | Buy Now | Servisfirst Bancshares | $74.00 | -9.47% | $72 → $67 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 01/19/2023 | UCBI | Buy Now | United Community Banks | — | — | $40 → $36 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 10/25/2022 | ZION | Buy Now | Zions Bancorp | $59.20 | 1.36% | $66 → $60 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 10/20/2022 | UCBI | Buy Now | United Community Banks | — | — | $36 → $40 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 10/13/2022 | TCBX | Buy Now | Third Coast Bancshares | $40.26 | -45.36% | $23 → $22 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 09/16/2022 | IBTX | Buy Now | Independent Bank Gr | — | — | $78 → $75 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 04/22/2022 | TBK | Buy Now | Triumph Bancorp | — | — | $106 → $87 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 04/22/2022 | SNV | Buy Now | Synovus Finl | $52.89 | 13.44% | $61 → $60 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 03/09/2022 | VBTX | Buy Now | Veritex Holdings | — | — | $49 → $46 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 12/06/2021 | TCBX | Buy Now | Third Coast Bancshares | $40.26 | -25.48% | → $30 | Initiates | → Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 11/22/2021 | STXB | Buy Now | Spirit of Texas Bancshare | — | — | $28.5 → $32 | Downgrade | Overweight → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 11/04/2021 | CADE | Buy Now | Cadence Bank | $43.03 | -7.05% | $34 → $40 | Upgrade | Neutral → Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 07/22/2021 | TCBI | Buy Now | Texas Capital Bancshares | $94.88 | -20.95% | → $75 | Upgrade | Neutral → Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 04/14/2021 | HTH | Buy Now | Hilltop Hldgs | $34.84 | 3.31% | → $36 | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 02/17/2021 | WAL | Buy Now | Western Alliance | $85.59 | 21.51% | $81 → $104 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 01/29/2021 | OBNK | Buy Now | Origin Bancorp | — | — | $28 → $37 | Upgrade | Neutral → Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 10/26/2020 | WAL | Buy Now | Western Alliance | $85.59 | -40.41% | $42 → $51 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 10/26/2020 | FFIN | Buy Now | First Finl Bankshares | $31.43 | -10.91% | $25 → $28 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert | |
| 10/26/2020 | SBSI | Buy Now | Southside Bancshares | $32.17 | -6.76% | $27 → $30 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 10/20/2020 | GNTY | Buy Now | Guaranty Bancshares | — | — | $26.5 → $32 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 10/20/2020 | SFBS | Buy Now | Servisfirst Bancshares | $74.00 | -45.95% | $36 → $40 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 09/30/2020 | TCBI | Buy Now | Texas Capital Bancshares | $94.88 | -62.06% | $32 → $36 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 09/30/2020 | TBK | Buy Now | Triumph Bancorp | — | — | $25.5 → $29 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 09/30/2020 | SFBS | Buy Now | Servisfirst Bancshares | $74.00 | -51.35% | $35 → $36 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 09/30/2020 | SBSI | Buy Now | Southside Bancshares | $32.17 | -16.08% | $30 → $27 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 09/30/2020 | BXS | Buy Now | BancorpSouth Bank | — | — | $24 → $23 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 07/27/2020 | TBK | Buy Now | Triumph Bancorp | — | — | $24 → $25.5 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 07/23/2020 | SBSI | Buy Now | Southside Bancshares | $32.17 | -6.76% | $29 → $30 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 07/08/2020 | BXS | Buy Now | BancorpSouth Bank | — | — | → $23 | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 06/18/2020 | TBK | Buy Now | Triumph Bancorp | — | — | $25 → $24 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 05/26/2020 | TCBI | Buy Now | Texas Capital Bancshares | $94.88 | -72.6% | $41 → $26 | Downgrade | Overweight → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 04/29/2020 | TCBI | Buy Now | Texas Capital Bancshares | $94.88 | -56.79% | $48 → $41 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 04/24/2020 | OBNK | Buy Now | Origin Bancorp | — | — | $25 → $22.5 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 04/22/2020 | TBK | Buy Now | Triumph Bancorp | — | — | $27 → $25 | Downgrade | Overweight → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 12/11/2019 | TCBI | Buy Now | Texas Capital Bancshares | $94.88 | — | — | Upgrade | Hold → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 06/10/2019 | GNTY | Buy Now | Guaranty Bancshares | — | — | → $32 | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 06/07/2019 | TCBI | Buy Now | Texas Capital Bancshares | $94.88 | -32.02% | $71.5 → $64.5 | Downgrade | Overweight → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 01/22/2019 | SNV | Buy Now | Synovus Finl | $52.89 | -14.92% | $44 → $45 | Upgrade | Neutral → Overweight | Get Alert | |
| 04/09/2018 | SNV | Buy Now | Synovus Finl | $52.89 | -1.69% | → $52 | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 01/04/2018 | HBHC | Buy Now | Hancock Holding | — | — | — | Upgrade | Hold → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 02/13/2017 | ZLTQ | Buy Now | ZELTIQ Aesthetics | — | — | — | Downgrade | Overweight → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 02/06/2017 | BIVVV | Buy Now | Bioverativ | — | — | → $44 | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 01/25/2017 | OKSB | Buy Now | Southwest Bancorp | — | — | — | Upgrade | Sell → Hold | Get Alert | |
| 03/04/2016 | NMBL | Buy Now | Nimble Storage | $19.58 | -54.03% | $20 → $9 | Downgrade | Overweight → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 02/17/2016 | XBKS | Buy Now | Xenith Bankshares | — | — | — | Downgrade | Buy → Hold | Get Alert | |
| 02/05/2016 | OUTR | Buy Now | Space Acquisition Corp. I | — | — | — | Downgrade | Overweight → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 01/29/2016 | FFIN | Buy Now | First Finl Bankshares | $31.43 | — | — | Downgrade | Hold → Sell | Get Alert | |
| 06/12/2015 | FFIN | Buy Now | First Finl Bankshares | $31.43 | 0.22% | → $31.5 | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 06/23/2014 | SFBS | Buy Now | Servisfirst Bancshares | $74.00 | 41.88% | → $105 | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 01/27/2014 | WAL | Buy Now | Western Alliance | $85.59 | -68.45% | $24 → $27 | Upgrade | Hold → Buy | Get Alert |
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