Stocks · Financial Services · Banks - Regional

Five Star Bancorp FSBC

$43.65 +1.70% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $1.05B

Strong growth

Next earnings report: Oct 26, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 7 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +7.7%).
  2. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.38, up 38.0% year over year.
  3. The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 290 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.

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.

Growth84Strong

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 23%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 28%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 50%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 18%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 46%
Quality46Neutral

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

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 13%
  • Gross marginBottom 38%
  • Operating marginTop 21%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 48%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 44%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 35%
  • Interest coverBottom 49%
Value50Neutral

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

  • Earnings yieldTop 40%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 48%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 33%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 38%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 31%
Momentum72Positive

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

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 10%
  • 6-month returnTop 31%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 15%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 40%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 48%
Revisions80Strong

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

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 36%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 16%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 47%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 33%
Stability62Neutral

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

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 35%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 37%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 34%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 35%

What changed

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

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)20.2%19.5%↓
EPS growth (YoY)38.2%38.0%↓
Gross margin56.1%60.4%↑
Operating margin31.4%34.6%↑
FCF margin29.2%28.9%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)19.5%20.2%↓Top 23%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)38.0%38.2%↓Top 28%
Gross margin60.4%56.1%↑Bottom 38%
Operating margin34.6%31.4%↑Top 21%
Net margin25.9%22.3%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin28.9%29.2%↓—
Return on invested capital-1.5%—Bottom 13%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR27.3%—Top 18%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.14×
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.
0.6%
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
0.28×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
1.0×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
1.83%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.00%
Shareholder yield
1.83%
Share count change, 1 year
+0.1%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+7.4%

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 6, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
7
Beats in the last 8 reports
7 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+7.7%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.6%
Positive 20 days after report
6 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$53.00
Target vs current price
+21.4%
Analysts with a rating
4
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
50%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 22, 2026+5.8%-1.9%-3.0%-5.6%—
Apr 27, 2026+8.7%+0.7%+1.5%+3.6%+19.4%
Jan 26, 2026+7.8%+1.5%+3.6%+3.3%+5.3%
Oct 27, 2025+8.5%-0.1%-0.3%-5.0%+11.7%
Jul 23, 2025+4.6%-0.2%+1.7%+2.4%+7.5%
Apr 28, 2025+1.6%+0.2%+4.4%+2.3%+12.7%
Jan 27, 2025+6.8%+2.1%+1.8%+4.1%-9.6%
Oct 28, 2024-1.9%+2.6%+1.6%+12.4%+0.5%

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

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 22, 2026$0.91$0.86+5.8%$48.0M
Apr 27, 2026$0.87$0.80+8.7%$45.1M
Jan 26, 2026$0.83$0.77+7.8%$40.7M
Oct 27, 2025$0.77$0.71+8.5%$41.0M
Jul 23, 2025$0.68$0.65+4.6%$38.3M
Apr 28, 2025$0.62$0.61+1.6%$35.0M
Jan 27, 2025$0.63$0.59+6.8%$34.8M
Oct 28, 2024$0.52$0.53-1.9%$31.5M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)12.9×11.1×76thTop 40%
P/E (forward)12.5×———
EV / EBITDA10.9×——Top 33%
EV / Sales3.88×——Bottom 38%
Free-cash-flow yield7.65%——Bottom 48%
Earnings yield7.74%——Top 40%

P/E over the past five years

Range 6.5× – 14.3× 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
+36.0%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+38.0%
Change in P/E multiple
+15.2%

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
290
50-day average slope (20 days)
-3.3%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+2.4%
Distance from 50-day average
-4.4%
Distance from 200-day average
+3.6%
RSI (14)
41.9
Relative volume
0.68×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
17.9%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
0th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.84
Correlation with S&P 500
0.51
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-12.1%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-25.0%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Dec 6, 2021May 11, 2023-43.0%359 days375 days (Nov 6, 2024)
Dec 11, 2024Apr 10, 2025-25.0%81 days110 days (Sep 18, 2025)
Jun 15, 2021Sep 21, 2021-19.3%68 days31 days (Nov 3, 2021)
Jul 16, 2026Sep 29, 2026-14.7%52 daysNot yet recovered
Feb 6, 2026Mar 18, 2026-13.1%27 days21 days (Apr 17, 2026)

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

Financial statements

Market cap
$1.05B
P/E (TTM)
12.9
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$3.38
Revenue (TTM)
$278.2M
Dividend yield
2.18%
52-week range
$30.68 – $50.26
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$87.8M$123.8M$180.7M$212.2M$255.5M
Gross profit$82.1M$102.2M$113.2M$118.0M$148.7M
Operating income$47.1M$62.9M$66.6M$64.7M$83.7M
Net income$42.4M$44.8M$47.7M$45.7M$61.6M
EPS (diluted)$2.83$2.61$2.78$2.26$2.90
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$53.8M$59.1M$58.1M$62.0M$66.5M$67.8M$69.7M$74.2M
Net income$10.9M$13.3M$13.1M$14.5M$16.3M$17.6M$18.6M$19.4M
EPS (diluted)$0.52$0.63$0.62$0.68$0.77$0.83$0.87$0.91
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$28.7M$46.0M$38.9M$51.8M$72.6M
Capital expenditure-$717,000-$481,000-$653,000-$628,000-$1.2M
Free cash flow$27.9M$45.5M$38.3M$51.2M$71.4M
Dividends paid-$51.9M-$15.3M-$12.9M-$16.2M-$17.1M
Net share buybacks$111.2M$0$0$80.9M$0

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$136.6M
Total assets
$5.38B
Total liabilities
$4.90B
Total debt
$74.1M
Net debt
$28.1M
Shareholders’ equity
$473.8M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 3, 2026$0.25Aug 10, 2026
May 4, 2026$0.25May 11, 2026
Feb 2, 2026$0.25Feb 9, 2026
Nov 3, 2025$0.20Nov 10, 2025
Aug 4, 2025$0.20Aug 11, 2025
May 5, 2025$0.20May 12, 2025
Feb 3, 2025$0.20Feb 10, 2025
Nov 4, 2024$0.20Nov 12, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
920,047
Days to cover
6.08
Change vs previous report
+19.3%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Jul 15, 2016
2,721-for-2,500