Earnings of $0.36 per share expected for Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE:SNV)'s (SNV) fourth quarter

Wall Street is currently anticipating earnings per share will range between $0.32 and $0.40 per share for Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE:SNV)'s December 2014, fourth quarter, with a consensus of $0.36 per share.RECOMMENDATIONS

• The company has a consensus recommendation of a buy.
• The recommendations made by eighteen analysts evaluating the company include four strong buy, five buy, six hold, and three underperform.
• The average consensus recommendation for the International Banks peer group is a buy.

FORECAST CHANGES

• Eighteen analysts are currently providing Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S with earnings estimates.
• In the last week, one estimate was revised down.
• Over the past four weeks, two estimates were revised downward and two upward.
• During the last four weeks, two analysts added estimates.
• The consensus earnings per share estimate has not moved in the last four weeks.
• The high estimate was $0.40 four weeks ago and the low estimate was $0.32.

YEAR OVER YEAR

• Current quarter consensus estimate of $0.36 per share implies an increase of 3.71% from the same quarter last year when the company earned $0.35 per share.
• Peer group earnings are projected to rise above the the same quarter last year and have been revised downward over the last four weeks.

Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE:SNV) is trading up 4.77% to $23.94 prior to their earnings release this afternoon.