Stocks · Financial Services · Banks - Regional

ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. CNOB

$30.78 +1.45% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $1.55B

Strong growthInexpensive vs sector

Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.21, up 269.0% year over year.
  2. The diluted share count rose 19.5% in a year.
  3. Operating margin widened to 18.1% from 9.5% a year earlier.

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.

Growth81Strong

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 34%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 4%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 6%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 45%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 5%
Quality25Very weak

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

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 37%
  • Gross marginBottom 18%
  • Operating marginBottom 42%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 32%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 29%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 27%
  • Interest coverBottom 19%
Value80Strong

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

  • Earnings yieldTop 15%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 47%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 42%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 34%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 31%
Momentum68Positive

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

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 24%
  • 6-month returnTop 31%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 25%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 48%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 48%
Revisions82Strong

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

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 41%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 16%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 6%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 34%
Stability51Neutral

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

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 45%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 47%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 31%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 27%

What changed

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

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)38.4%11.9%↓
EPS growth (YoY)2.2%269.0%↑
Gross margin44.2%45.3%↑
Operating margin9.5%18.1%↑
FCF margin6.5%21.0%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)11.9%38.4%↓Top 34%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)269.0%2.2%↑Top 4%
Gross margin45.3%44.2%↑Bottom 18%
Operating margin18.1%9.5%↑Bottom 42%
Net margin26.1%6.8%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin21.0%6.5%↑—
Return on invested capital0.6%—Bottom 37%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR16.2%—Top 45%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
0.84×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
0.2%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.8%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-10.9 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
-0.05×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
0.3×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
2.39%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.16%
Shareholder yield
2.55%
Share count change, 1 year
+19.5%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+8.9%

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 4, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
7
Beats in the last 8 reports
7 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+6.4%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-0.3%
Positive 20 days after report
6 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$34.00
Target vs current price
+10.5%
Analysts with a rating
11
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
91%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 23, 2026+2.9%-4.8%-0.6%-2.9%—
Apr 23, 2026+2.7%+3.3%+3.6%+6.6%+19.5%
Jan 29, 2026+12.2%-0.9%-0.1%-0.3%+2.4%
Oct 30, 2025+7.7%+0.2%+3.6%+6.8%+17.4%
Jul 29, 2025+5.8%-4.2%-7.5%+2.1%-0.2%
Apr 24, 2025+10.9%+2.0%+0.8%+2.5%+11.5%
Jan 30, 2025+23.8%+5.2%+11.0%+5.6%-6.0%
Oct 24, 2024-2.3%-3.3%-2.9%+4.4%-9.3%

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

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 23, 2026$0.84$0.82+2.9%$122.8M
Apr 23, 2026$0.75$0.73+2.7%$116.6M
Jan 29, 2026$0.83$0.74+12.2%$114.6M
Oct 30, 2025$0.70$0.65+7.7%$121.4M
Jul 29, 2025$0.55$0.52+5.8%$84.1M
Apr 24, 2025$0.51$0.46+10.9%$70.2M
Jan 30, 2025$0.52$0.42+23.8%$68.5M
Oct 24, 2024$0.43$0.44-2.3%$65.6M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)9.6×10.4×33thTop 15%
P/E (forward)9.5×———
EV / EBITDA12.8×——Top 42%
EV / Sales2.52×——Top 34%
Free-cash-flow yield8.31%——Top 47%
Earnings yield10.43%——Top 15%

P/E over the past five years

Range 5.1× – 26.3× 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
+25.5%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+269.0%
Change in P/E multiple
-60.2%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

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
216
50-day average slope (20 days)
-1.9%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+1.9%
Distance from 50-day average
-3.9%
Distance from 200-day average
+3.9%
RSI (14)
43.3
Relative volume
0.92×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
21.5%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
0th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.86
Correlation with S&P 500
0.45
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-9.8%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-27.9%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Jan 14, 2022May 16, 2023-63.5%334 daysNot yet recovered
Jun 8, 2021Jul 19, 2021-14.2%28 days16 days (Aug 10, 2021)
Oct 22, 2020Nov 4, 2020-11.8%9 days3 days (Nov 9, 2020)
Nov 15, 2021Dec 20, 2021-11.1%24 days12 days (Jan 6, 2022)
Jan 14, 2021Jan 27, 2021-10.5%8 days4 days (Feb 2, 2021)

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

Financial statements

Market cap
$1.55B
P/E (TTM)
9.6
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$3.21
Revenue (TTM)
$612.3M
Dividend yield
2.44%
52-week range
$23.20 – $34.14
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$316.8M$387.0M$504.1M$534.6M$606.5M
Gross profit$283.4M$297.6M$260.9M$250.3M$267.9M
Operating income$175.1M$171.2M$117.0M$98.5M$112.7M
Net income$130.4M$125.2M$87.0M$73.8M$80.4M
EPS (diluted)$3.22$3.01$2.07$1.76$1.48
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$135.0M$131.8M$129.2M$151.2M$207.1M$188.8M$186.9M$29.4M
Net income$17.2M$20.4M$20.2M-$20.3M$41.0M$39.5M$37.8M$41.7M
EPS (diluted)$0.41$0.49$0.49-$0.52$0.91$0.75$0.75$0.80
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$202.3M$176.8M$92.9M$60.7M$106.4M
Capital expenditure-$2.8M-$3.3M-$7.4M-$3.8M-$5.4M
Free cash flow$199.5M$173.5M$85.5M$56.9M$101.0M
Dividends paid-$17.5M-$23.4M-$25.9M-$27.3M-$32.0M
Net share buybacks-$10.7M-$15.3M-$19.4M-$7.2M-$2.2M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$1.22B
Total assets
$14.41B
Total liabilities
$12.79B
Total debt
$32.9M
Net debt
-$6.6M
Shareholders’ equity
$1.63B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 14, 2026$0.20Sep 1, 2026
May 15, 2026$0.20Jun 1, 2026
Feb 13, 2026$0.18Mar 2, 2026
Nov 14, 2025$0.18Dec 1, 2025
Aug 15, 2025$0.18Sep 2, 2025
May 15, 2025$0.18Jun 2, 2025
Feb 18, 2025$0.18Mar 3, 2025
Nov 15, 2024$0.18Dec 2, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
1,820,969
Days to cover
5.56
Change vs previous report
+13.9%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Apr 27, 2007
21-for-20
May 26, 2005
21-for-20
May 14, 2004
21-for-20
Jun 3, 2003
2-for-1
May 15, 2002
21-for-20