Stocks · Financial Services · Banks - Regional

Independent Bank Corp. INDB

$80.06 +1.43% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $3.86B

Strong growth

Next earnings report: Oct 15, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. The diluted share count rose 12.7% in a year.
  2. Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.25B, up 26.8% from a year earlier, accelerating from 23.8% a quarter earlier.
  3. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $5.54, up 25.1% year over 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.

Growth89Strong

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 16%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 44%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 32%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 46%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 24%
Quality42Weak

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

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 15%
  • Gross marginTop 36%
  • Operating marginTop 48%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 48%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 45%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 49%
  • Interest coverBottom 45%
Value60Neutral

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

  • Earnings yieldTop 47%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 49%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 44%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 46%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 36%
Momentum46Neutral

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

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 38%
  • 6-month returnBottom 47%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 37%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 42%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 27%
Revisions23Very weak

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

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 29%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 17%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 40%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 45%
Stability42Weak

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

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 35%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 43%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 25%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 49%

What changed

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

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)23.8%26.8%↑
EPS growth (YoY)13.5%25.1%↑
Gross margin66.4%70.4%↑
Operating margin24.4%22.7%↓
FCF margin21.7%24.9%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)26.8%23.8%↑Top 16%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)25.1%13.5%↑Top 44%
Gross margin70.4%66.4%↑Top 36%
Operating margin22.7%24.4%↓Top 48%
Net margin21.6%19.1%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin24.9%21.7%↑—
Return on invested capital-1.2%—Bottom 15%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR15.9%—Top 46%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.19×
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.
1.0%
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
1.40×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
0.9×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
2.97%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
5.14%
Shareholder yield
8.11%
Share count change, 1 year
+12.7%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+2.9%

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 6, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
5 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
-0.0%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.1%
Positive 20 days after report
7 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$93.33
Target vs current price
+16.6%
Analysts with a rating
15
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
40%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 16, 2026-5.0%+2.3%+0.1%+0.2%—
Apr 16, 2026+1.2%-1.3%-1.4%-4.1%+5.1%
Jan 22, 2026+3.0%+1.5%+0.2%+3.5%-1.8%
Oct 16, 2025+0.6%-5.2%+0.1%+2.7%+9.6%
Jul 17, 2025+4.2%+2.4%+6.7%+5.8%+7.2%
Apr 17, 2025-9.4%+0.9%+5.4%+17.0%+15.9%
Jan 16, 2025+4.3%-1.4%+1.7%+6.5%-17.3%
Oct 17, 2024-4.7%+1.3%-2.3%+13.4%-1.1%

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

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 16, 2026$1.70$1.79-5.0%$253.3M
Apr 16, 2026$1.68$1.66+1.2%$252.7M
Jan 22, 2026$1.70$1.65+3.0%$253.9M
Oct 16, 2025$1.55$1.54+0.6%$243.7M
Jul 17, 2025$1.25$1.20+4.2%$250.5M
Apr 17, 2025$1.06$1.17-9.4%$176.1M
Jan 16, 2025$1.21$1.16+4.3%$176.9M
Oct 17, 2024$1.01$1.06-4.7%$174.6M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)14.5×15.2×38thTop 47%
P/E (forward)11.2×———
EV / EBITDA13.4×——Top 44%
EV / Sales3.44×——Bottom 46%
Free-cash-flow yield8.09%——Top 49%
Earnings yield6.92%——Top 47%

P/E over the past five years

Range 8.0× – 23.6× 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
+15.8%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+25.1%
Change in P/E multiple
+4.8%

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
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-1.5%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+1.1%
Distance from 50-day average
-3.4%
Distance from 200-day average
-0.1%
RSI (14)
44.6
Relative volume
1.50×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
17.9%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
1th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.93
Correlation with S&P 500
0.50
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-8.2%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-31.5%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Mar 12, 2021May 31, 2023-55.2%558 daysNot yet recovered

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

Financial statements

Market cap
$3.86B
P/E (TTM)
14.5
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$5.54
Revenue (TTM)
$1.25B
Dividend yield
3.14%
52-week range
$63.33 – $87.50
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$516.0M$749.8M$911.3M$974.1M$1.17B
Gross profit$484.1M$713.7M$698.9M$646.9M$792.9M
Operating income$156.7M$347.8M$315.1M$247.1M$266.9M
Net income$121.0M$263.8M$239.5M$192.1M$205.1M
EPS (diluted)$3.47$5.69$5.42$4.52$4.45
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$249.5M$246.6M$242.5M$250.5M$335.2M$339.0M$290.3M$289.3M
Net income$42.9M$50.0M$44.4M$51.1M$34.3M$75.3M$79.9M$81.8M
EPS (diluted)$1.01$1.18$1.04$1.20$0.69$1.52$1.63$1.70
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$190.2M$421.2M$277.0M$229.9M$251.2M
Capital expenditure-$25.2M-$22.1M-$15.8M-$20.4M-$12.1M
Free cash flow$165.0M$399.1M$261.1M$209.5M$239.5M
Dividends paid-$62.7M-$93.7M-$98.0M-$96.2M-$103.9M
Net share buybacks$717,000-$138.7M-$187.3M-$28.5M-$59.8M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$252.0M
Total assets
$24.97B
Total liabilities
$21.46B
Total debt
$701.5M
Net debt
$449.5M
Shareholders’ equity
$3.51B

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

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Sep 28, 2026$0.64Oct 9, 2026
Jun 29, 2026$0.64Jul 9, 2026
Mar 30, 2026$0.64Apr 9, 2026
Dec 29, 2025$0.59Jan 7, 2026
Sep 29, 2025$0.59Oct 7, 2025
Jun 30, 2025$0.59Jul 7, 2025
Mar 31, 2025$0.59Apr 7, 2025
Dec 30, 2024$0.57Jan 6, 2025

Short interest

Shares sold short
2,201,320
Days to cover
7.68
Change vs previous report
+7.7%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Oct 1, 1987
3-for-2