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Kevin Fitzsimmons's Stock Ratings
DA Davidson Analyst
Kevin Fitzsimmons is an analyst at DA Davidson. 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 12/14/2025
Updated: Dec 14, 2025
Overall Average Return
11.9%
Smart Score
Overall Average Return Percentile
63rd
Number of Ratings
97
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| 07/30/2025 | ABCB | Buy Now | Ameris | $77.95 | 3.91% | $78 → $81 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 07/29/2025 | BFST | Buy Now | Business First Bancshares | $27.71 | 15.48% | $31 → $32 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 07/09/2025 | BFST | Buy Now | Business First Bancshares | $27.71 | 11.87% | $29 → $31 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 05/01/2025 | ABCB | Buy Now | Ameris | $77.95 | 0.06% | $76 → $78 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 01/27/2025 | OBK | Buy Now | Origin Bancorp | $39.06 | 12.65% | $41 → $44 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 11/05/2024 | OBK | Buy Now | Origin Bancorp | $39.06 | -2.71% | $41 → $38 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 10/18/2024 | SNV | Buy Now | Synovus Finl | $52.57 | 14.13% | $53 → $60 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 07/30/2024 | PFLT | Buy Now | PennantPark Floating Rate | $9.38 | 27.96% | $12.5 → $12 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert | |
| 07/29/2024 | ABCB | Buy Now | Ameris | $77.95 | -2.5% | $61 → $76 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 07/24/2024 | CADE | Buy Now | Cadence Bank | $43.78 | -10.92% | $34.5 → $39 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 07/19/2024 | SNV | Buy Now | Synovus Finl | $52.57 | 4.62% | $47 → $55 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 05/07/2024 | SNV | Buy Now | Synovus Finl | $52.57 | -10.6% | $43 → $47 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 04/25/2024 | TRMK | Buy Now | Trustmark | $40.63 | -16.32% | $30 → $34 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 04/19/2024 | SNV | Buy Now | Synovus Finl | $52.57 | -18.2% | $45 → $43 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 03/26/2024 | PFLT | Buy Now | PennantPark Floating Rate | $9.38 | 33.29% | $12.5 → $12.5 | Reiterates | Market Outperform → Market Outperform | Get Alert | |
| 01/18/2024 | PFLT | Buy Now | PennantPark Floating Rate | $9.38 | 33.29% | $12 → $12.5 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert | |
| 01/02/2024 | UCBI | Buy Now | United Community Banks | — | — | $33.5 → $34 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 01/02/2024 | CCBG | Buy Now | Capital City Bank Group | $44.92 | -27.65% | $34 → $32.5 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 11/15/2023 | CCBG | Buy Now | Capital City Bank Group | $44.92 | -27.65% | $33.5 → $32.5 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 10/10/2023 | ABCB | Buy Now | Ameris | $77.95 | -43.55% | → $44 | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 09/20/2023 | SNV | Buy Now | Synovus Finl | $52.57 | -33.42% | $37 → $35 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 09/19/2023 | HWC | Buy Now | Hancock Whitney | $65.62 | -28.38% | $49 → $47 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 09/14/2023 | UCBI | Buy Now | United Community Banks | — | — | $31.5 → $30 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 09/14/2023 | FBNC | Buy Now | First Bancorp | $53.36 | -36.28% | $36.5 → $34 | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 08/29/2023 | FBMS | Buy Now | First Bancshares | — | — | → $34 | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 07/24/2023 | ISTR | Buy Now | Investar Holding | $27.18 | -45.73% | $13 → $14.75 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 07/20/2023 | HBCP | Buy Now | Home Bancorp | $60.31 | -33.68% | $38.5 → $40 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 07/12/2023 | FGBI | Buy Now | First Guaranty Bancshares | $4.60 | 182.61% | $13.5 → $13 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 06/08/2023 | HWC | Buy Now | Hancock Whitney | $65.62 | -25.33% | $42.5 → $49 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 05/15/2023 | PFLT | Buy Now | PennantPark Floating Rate | $9.38 | 27.96% | $12 → $12 | Reiterates | Market Outperform → Market Outperform | Get Alert | |
| 04/24/2023 | FBK | Buy Now | FB Financial | $59.02 | -41.55% | $35 → $34.5 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 04/24/2023 | UCBI | Buy Now | United Community Banks | — | — | $32 → $30 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 03/28/2023 | FCNCA | Buy Now | First Citizens BancShares | $2.06K | -50.13% | $825 → $1025 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 03/21/2023 | CADE | Buy Now | Cadence Bank | $43.78 | -42.9% | $29.5 → $25 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 03/17/2023 | HWC | Buy Now | Hancock Whitney | $65.62 | -29.9% | $58 → $46 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 03/13/2023 | PFLT | Buy Now | PennantPark Floating Rate | $9.38 | 27.96% | → $12 | Reiterates | → Market Outperform | Get Alert | |
| 01/24/2023 | CSTR | Buy Now | CapStar Finl Hldgs | — | — | → $18.5 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 01/18/2023 | HWC | Buy Now | Hancock Whitney | $65.62 | -11.61% | $60 → $58 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 01/09/2023 | TRMK | Buy Now | Trustmark | $40.63 | -6.47% | → $38 | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 10/31/2022 | SMBK | Buy Now | SmartFinancial | $39.10 | -15.6% | → $33 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 10/19/2022 | HWC | Buy Now | Hancock Whitney | $65.62 | -8.56% | $59 → $60 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 10/06/2022 | FCNCA | Buy Now | First Citizens BancShares | $2.06K | -53.78% | $925 → $950 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 10/06/2022 | CARE | Buy Now | Carter Bankshares | $19.98 | -7.41% | $17.5 → $18.5 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 08/16/2022 | HWC | Buy Now | Hancock Whitney | $65.62 | -8.56% | $56 → $60 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 08/01/2022 | FBNC | Buy Now | First Bancorp | $53.36 | -21.29% | $43 → $42 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 08/01/2022 | SFST | Buy Now | Southern First Bancshares | $54.97 | -9.04% | $52 → $50 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 07/22/2022 | CBAN | Buy Now | Colony Bankcorp | $18.35 | -8.72% | $18 → $16.75 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 06/01/2022 | HBCP | Buy Now | Home Bancorp | $60.31 | -26.21% | → $44.5 | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 02/24/2022 | RNST | Buy Now | Renasant | $37.12 | 10.45% | → $41 | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 01/12/2022 | CBAN | Buy Now | Colony Bankcorp | $18.35 | 14.44% | → $21 | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 09/21/2021 | SSB | Buy Now | SouthState | $96.08 | — | — | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 07/08/2021 | FBK | Buy Now | FB Financial | $59.02 | -25.45% | $47.5 → $44 | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 06/18/2021 | BXS | Buy Now | BancorpSouth Bank | — | — | → $34 | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 06/14/2021 | FBMS | Buy Now | First Bancshares | — | — | $44 → $44.5 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 05/20/2021 | BFST | Buy Now | Business First Bancshares | $27.71 | -0.76% | $26.5 → $27.5 | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 05/11/2021 | OBNK | Buy Now | Origin Bancorp | — | — | $46.5 → $51 | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 04/13/2021 | FGBI | Buy Now | First Guaranty Bancshares | $4.60 | 323.91% | → $19.5 | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 03/30/2021 | CARE | Buy Now | Carter Bankshares | $19.98 | — | — | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 03/30/2021 | ABCB | Buy Now | Ameris | $77.95 | — | — | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 02/17/2021 | FCNCA | Buy Now | First Citizens BancShares | $2.06K | -57.43% | → $875 | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 01/25/2021 | AEO | Buy Now | American Eagle Outfitters | $25.64 | 17% | $23 → $30 | Upgrade | Sector Perform → Outperform | Get Alert | |
| 11/16/2020 | SSB | Buy Now | SouthState | $96.08 | -20.9% | $73 → $76 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 11/16/2020 | BXS | Buy Now | BancorpSouth Bank | — | — | $27 → $29 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 09/15/2020 | ISTR | Buy Now | Investar Holding | $27.18 | — | — | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 09/15/2020 | RNST | Buy Now | Renasant | $37.12 | — | — | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 09/15/2020 | OBNK | Buy Now | Origin Bancorp | — | — | — | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 09/15/2020 | HWC | Buy Now | Hancock Whitney | $65.62 | — | — | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 08/20/2020 | CCBG | Buy Now | Capital City Bank Group | $44.92 | -49.91% | → $22.5 | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 08/20/2020 | HTBI | Buy Now | HomeTrust Bancshares | — | — | → $16 | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 08/20/2020 | SLCT | Buy Now | Select Bancorp | — | — | → $9 | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 06/19/2020 | FBNC | Buy Now | First Bancorp | $53.36 | — | — | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 05/22/2020 | ABCB | Buy Now | Ameris | $77.95 | -67.93% | → $25 | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 05/01/2020 | CARE | Buy Now | Carter Bankshares | $19.98 | -47.45% | → $10.5 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 05/01/2020 | BFST | Buy Now | Business First Bancshares | $27.71 | -45.87% | → $15 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 05/01/2020 | HWC | Buy Now | Hancock Whitney | $65.62 | -64.95% | → $23 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 04/24/2020 | SSB | Buy Now | SouthState | $96.08 | -22.98% | → $74 | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 03/23/2020 | CARO | Buy Now | Carolina Financial | — | — | → $31.65 | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 03/06/2020 | CARE | Buy Now | Carter Bankshares | $19.98 | -4.9% | $22 → $19 | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 02/28/2020 | FBNC | Buy Now | First Bancorp | $53.36 | — | — | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 02/28/2020 | HWC | Buy Now | Hancock Whitney | $65.62 | — | — | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 02/28/2020 | SSB | Buy Now | SouthState | $96.08 | — | — | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 01/30/2020 | BXS | Buy Now | BancorpSouth Bank | — | — | — | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 01/03/2020 | BFST | Buy Now | Business First Bancshares | $27.71 | 2.85% | → $28.5 | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 12/12/2019 | HBCP | Buy Now | Home Bancorp | $60.31 | -31.19% | → $41.5 | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 12/12/2019 | OBNK | Buy Now | Origin Bancorp | — | — | — | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 12/12/2019 | AEO | Buy Now | American Eagle Outfitters | $25.64 | -37.6% | $18 → $16 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert | |
| 11/13/2019 | ISTR | Buy Now | Investar Holding | $27.18 | 6.7% | $28 → $29 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert | |
| 10/10/2019 | FBMS | Buy Now | First Bancshares | — | — | → $36 | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 10/10/2019 | FBK | Buy Now | FB Financial | $59.02 | -32.23% | → $40 | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 10/10/2019 | CARO | Buy Now | Carolina Financial | — | — | — | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 08/21/2019 | RNST | Buy Now | Renasant | $37.12 | -0.32% | → $37 | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 08/21/2019 | BXS | Buy Now | BancorpSouth Bank | — | — | → $30.5 | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 07/11/2019 | CARE | Buy Now | Carter Bankshares | $19.98 | — | — | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 07/11/2019 | BFST | Buy Now | Business First Bancshares | $27.71 | — | — | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert | |
| 07/11/2019 | ISTR | Buy Now | Investar Holding | $27.18 | — | — | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert | |
| 05/09/2019 | AEO | Buy Now | American Eagle Outfitters | $25.64 | -6.4% | → $24 | Downgrade | Outperform → Sector Perform | Get Alert | |
| 05/04/2015 | AEO | Buy Now | American Eagle Outfitters | $25.64 | -22% | → $20 | Initiates | → Outperform | Get Alert |
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