Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for SFNC in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
Oct 12 close
Attention around Simmons First National centers on its third-quarter report, due after the close on 15 October. Coverage ahead of the release points to Wall Street expecting earnings growth, with analysts examining key metrics beyond the headline numbers and the most accurate forecasters revising their estimates ahead of the call.
SFNC closed at $22.34, up 0.7%, sitting between its 50-day average of $23.05 and 200-day average of $21.47, a mixed trend picture. The stock is down 3.7% over one month and 2.5% over three months, though still up 8.3% over six months and 17.2% over the past year. The GekkoIndex reads 61.3, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone, and price sits 7.8% below Gekko Fair Value of $24.22.
The next 20 trading days bring earnings risk front and center, with the report landing just 3 days away and well inside that window. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the past 90 days for insiders and Congress or the past 30 days for options signals. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a 4% gain over 5 years, positive in 3 of them. Five analysts cover the stock, with 3 at buy, 1 at hold and 1 at sell, and a consensus target of $25.93 implying 16.1% upside.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Simmons First National scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed1 headwind
Averages disagree
Close $22.34 sits between the 50-day ($23.05) and 200-day ($21.47) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart61.3, Accumulation
Reading 61.3 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex7.8% below
Price is 7.8% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair valueNo data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart moneyReports in 3 days
Reports on Oct 15, 2026, 3 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings+4.0% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +4% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
See seasonalityA description of current data, not a recommendation. How this page works
Simmons First National closed at $22.34 on Oct 12, 2026, +17.2% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $17.00 to $24.32.
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Simmons First National is the holding company behind Simmons Bank, which provides banking and financial services to households and businesses. It offers everyday deposit products like checking, savings, and time accounts, along with a range of loans covering consumer, real estate, and commercial needs, plus specialized financing for agriculture, equipment purchases, and small businesses through SBA programs.
Beyond deposits and lending, the bank handles trust and fiduciary work, issues credit cards, and offers investment management, insurance, and securities services to its customer base. It also supports account holders with ATM access, online and mobile banking tools, overdraft options, and safe deposit boxes, rounding out a full set of retail and commercial banking conveniences. As of January 2022, the bank ran 199 branches spread across Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
The company traces its founding back to 1903 and is headquartered in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Its shares are listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker SFNC.
Simmons First National’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 61.3, in the Accumulation zone, up 3.1 points over five sessions.
Up 3.1 points over five sessions, from the Neutral zone.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 35 | +1.2% | +3.8% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 226 | +0.3% | +1.9% | ||
| Neutral | 387 | +0.2% | +0.3% | ||
| Distribution | 32 | −1.4% | −3.0% | ||
| Selling | 2 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average SFNC share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
Simmons First National trades 7.8% below Gekko Fair Value of $24.22, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Simmons First National shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$24.22
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
7.8% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 7.2% below the estimate.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Simmons First National, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for SFNC in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
No trades in SFNC were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
Simmons First National has been buying back its own shares.
From company filings.
1of the funds Gekko tracks holds SFNC.
Simmons First National reports on Oct 15, 2026 (3 days away).
Oct 15, 2026
3 days away
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Simmons First National is $25.93, +16.1% from the last close, from 5 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 5 firms.
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 | Morgan Stanley | $26 | +16.4% |
| Sep 10 | KBW | $26 | +16.4% |
| Sep 8 | Morgan Stanley | $26 | +16.4% |
| Sep 4 | Piper Sandler | $27.50 | +23.1% |
| Sep 4 | KBW | $26 | +16.4% |
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Simmons First National averaged +4.0% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +2.9% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +0.5% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −0.4% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +4.0% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +2.6% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, SFNC’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5.7%.
Simmons First National’s market cap is $3.24B and revenue of $110.3M over the last twelve months.
3 headlines about Simmons First National from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.
Simmons First National’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| JPMJP Morgan Chase | Accumulation | 6.9% below |
| BACBank of America | Accumulation | 13.1% below |
| RYRoyal Bank Of Canada | Accumulation | 6.5% below |
| WFCWells Fargo | Neutral | 8.5% below |
| CCitigroup | Neutral | 6.6% below |
| TDToronto Dominion Bank | Accumulation | 2.9% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Simmons First National’s market cap is $3.24B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $22.34, with 144.5M shares outstanding.
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Simmons First National is $25.93, +16.1% from the last close. Of the 5 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 3 rate it a buy, 1 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
On Gekko’s estimate Simmons First National is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $22.34 is 7.8% below Gekko Fair Value of $24.22. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
Simmons First National is expected to report on Oct 15, 2026 (3 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.54 per share on revenue of $254.0M.
Simmons First National’s 52-week high is $24.32 and its 52-week low is $17.00; it closed at $22.34 on Oct 12, 2026, +17.2% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $32.76 on Nov 11, 2021.
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and seasonality), 1 as mixed (trend) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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