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Bar Harbor Bankshares BHB

$39.45 +1.49% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · AMEX · Market cap $660.5M

Strong trend

Next earnings report: Oct 20, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Net debt is 4.1× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
  2. The shares trade at 13.3× trailing earnings, higher than 86% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
  3. The diluted share count rose 9.3% in a year.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth29Very weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 34%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 44%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 43%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 50%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 25%
Quality36Weak

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 14%
  • Gross marginTop 49%
  • Operating marginTop 48%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 40%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 49%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 30%
  • Interest coverBottom 38%
Value42Weak

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 42%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 44%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 49%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 37%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 19%
Momentum83Strong

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 23%
  • 6-month returnTop 21%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 21%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 19%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 48%
Revisions71Positive

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 46%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 29%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 45%
Stability51Neutral

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 32%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 49%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 48%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 30%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)7.4%2.4%↓
EPS growth (YoY)-14.0%14.7%↑
Gross margin66.3%65.3%↓
Operating margin21.2%22.8%↑
FCF margin20.6%25.4%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)2.4%7.4%↓Bottom 34%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)14.7%-14.0%↑Bottom 44%
Gross margin65.3%66.3%↓Top 49%
Operating margin22.8%21.2%↑Top 48%
Net margin21.6%17.7%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin25.4%20.6%↑—
Return on invested capital-1.4%—Bottom 14%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR14.7%—Top 50%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.30×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-0.3%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
1.7%
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
4.06×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
0.7×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
3.31%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
-1.57%
Shareholder yield
1.74%
Share count change, 1 year
+9.3%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+3.5%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
4
Beats in the last 8 reports
7 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+5.4%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.4%
Positive 20 days after report
5 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$46.00
Target vs current price
+16.6%

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 21, 2026+2.2%+0.2%+3.6%+6.3%—
Apr 21, 2026+0.6%-1.6%-0.4%-0.9%+13.2%
Jan 22, 2026+4.5%+1.0%-3.8%+1.5%+1.9%
Oct 21, 2025+14.5%+0.3%+1.7%-0.5%+11.8%
Jul 22, 2025+0.0%+0.2%-1.9%-2.2%-4.8%
Apr 17, 2025+0.7%+1.6%+4.1%+9.3%+8.0%
Jan 24, 2025+5.9%+0.0%+3.4%+3.9%-9.8%
Oct 22, 2024+17.6%+1.6%+10.2%+16.1%+3.7%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 21, 2026$0.92$0.90+2.2%$49.7M
Apr 21, 2026$0.88$0.88+0.6%$47.3M
Jan 22, 2026$0.93$0.89+4.5%$49.4M
Oct 21, 2025$0.95$0.83+14.5%$47.5M
Jul 22, 2025$0.70$0.70+0.0%$34.5M
Apr 17, 2025$0.68$0.68+0.7%$37.3M
Jan 24, 2025$0.72$0.68+5.9%$38.5M
Oct 22, 2024$0.80$0.68+17.6%$38.6M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)13.3×10.9×86thTop 42%
P/E (forward)10.9×———
EV / EBITDA15.5×——Bottom 49%
EV / Sales3.92×——Bottom 37%
Free-cash-flow yield8.77%——Top 44%
Earnings yield7.50%——Top 42%

P/E over the past five years

Range 7.4× – 14.2× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+29.3%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+14.7%
Change in P/E multiple
+18.2%

Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✓ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
137
50-day average slope (20 days)
+2.0%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+2.6%
Distance from 50-day average
-0.9%
Distance from 200-day average
+10.5%
RSI (14)
48.4
Relative volume
0.92×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
17.5%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
0th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.68
Correlation with S&P 500
0.40
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-3.6%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-28.4%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Dec 16, 2022May 4, 2023-33.9%94 days346 days (Sep 19, 2024)
Nov 6, 2024Apr 10, 2025-28.4%105 days303 days (Jun 26, 2026)
Nov 11, 2021Jun 16, 2022-25.2%149 days127 days (Dec 16, 2022)
Mar 8, 2021Sep 14, 2021-20.6%132 days42 days (Nov 11, 2021)
Dec 17, 2020Jan 29, 2021-13.2%28 days11 days (Feb 16, 2021)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$660.5M
P/E (TTM)
13.3
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$2.96
Revenue (TTM)
$228.5M
Dividend yield
3.35%
52-week range
$28.11 – $41.12
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$153.1M$161.2M$150.4M$224.4M$243.3M
Gross profit$139.0M$143.7M$150.4M$149.4M$164.0M
Operating income$48.6M$54.8M$74.7M$52.6M$46.4M
Net income$39.3M$43.6M$44.9M$43.5M$36.9M
EPS (diluted)$2.61$2.88$2.95$2.84$2.30
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$58.2M$55.7M$55.8M$53.3M$66.5M$67.7M$55.3M$39.0M
Net income$12.2M$11.0M$10.2M$6.1M$8.9M$11.8M$13.5M$15.2M
EPS (diluted)$0.80$0.72$0.66$0.40$0.54$0.70$0.81$0.91
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$59.2M$55.9M$47.4M$52.4M$48.3M
Capital expenditure-$1.7M-$2.5M-$6.5M-$7.4M-$4.8M
Free cash flow$57.5M$53.4M$40.9M$45.0M$43.5M
Dividends paid-$14.1M-$15.3M-$16.6M-$17.8M-$20.4M
Net share buybacks-$615,000-$215,000-$805,000-$1.0M-$827,000

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$648.0M
Total assets
$4.74B
Total liabilities
$4.19B
Total debt
$281.2M
Net debt
$234.9M
Shareholders’ equity
$549.6M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 20, 2026$0.34Sep 18, 2026
May 21, 2026$0.34Jun 18, 2026
Feb 20, 2026$0.32Mar 20, 2026
Nov 20, 2025$0.32Dec 19, 2025
Aug 14, 2025$0.32Sep 12, 2025
May 15, 2025$0.32Jun 13, 2025
Feb 20, 2025$0.30Mar 20, 2025
Nov 14, 2024$0.30Dec 13, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
601,724
Days to cover
9.01
Change vs previous report
-3.0%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Mar 22, 2017
3-for-2
May 20, 2014
3-for-2
Jan 26, 1999
2-for-1
Aug 8, 1995
5-for-1