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Ohio Valley Banc Corp. OVBC

$44.61 +0.70% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $210.2M

Next earnings report: Oct 26, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. The shares trade at 14.8× trailing earnings, higher than 95% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
  2. Revenue over the last four quarters was $99.3M, up 6.2% from a year earlier.
  3. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.01, up 2.4% 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.

Growth58Neutral

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 49%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 31%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 21%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 40%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 46%
Quality44Weak

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

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 40%
  • Gross marginBottom 44%
  • Operating marginBottom 40%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 26%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 42%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 42%
  • Interest coverBottom 30%
Value51Neutral

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

  • Earnings yieldTop 49%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 31%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 46%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 34%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 7%
Momentum44Weak

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

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 26%
  • 6-month returnBottom 24%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 29%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 27%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 48%
Revisions—Not enough data

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

Stability58Neutral

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

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 42%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 41%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 23%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 42%

What changed

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

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)6.1%6.2%↑
EPS growth (YoY)22.4%2.4%↓
Gross margin67.9%62.9%↓
Operating margin18.3%17.7%↓
FCF margin12.9%22.5%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)6.2%6.1%↑Bottom 49%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)2.4%22.4%↓Bottom 31%
Gross margin62.9%67.9%↓Bottom 44%
Operating margin17.7%18.3%↓Bottom 40%
Net margin14.3%14.8%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin22.5%12.9%↑—
Return on invested capital0.9%—Bottom 40%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR17.7%—Top 40%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.61×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-0.5%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+5.0 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
2.06×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
0.6×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
2.11%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.00%
Shareholder yield
2.11%
Share count change, 1 year
+0.0%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
-0.5%

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 13, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-0.1%
Positive 20 days after report
7 of 8

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 27, 2026—+1.6%-0.2%+5.8%—
Apr 28, 2026—+0.2%-3.5%+4.9%-7.8%
Jan 27, 2026—+1.8%+3.0%+7.9%+14.7%
Oct 27, 2025—-3.5%-2.6%+9.3%+15.3%
Jul 25, 2025—-0.8%-6.6%+3.5%+4.1%
Apr 25, 2025—-2.9%-0.8%-7.5%-9.6%
Jan 28, 2025—+0.4%+1.1%+23.1%+70.5%
Oct 28, 2024—+2.4%+1.6%+19.7%-4.7%

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

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 27, 2026$0.62——$26.7M
Apr 28, 2026$0.91——$25.8M
Jan 27, 2026$0.84——$23.6M
Oct 27, 2025$0.64———
Jul 25, 2025$0.89——$23.9M
Apr 25, 2025$0.94——$23.4M
Jan 28, 2025$0.53——$23.9M
Oct 28, 2024$0.58——$22.3M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)14.8×11.2×95thTop 49%
EV / EBITDA14.0×——Top 46%
EV / Sales2.48×——Top 34%
Free-cash-flow yield10.64%——Top 31%
Earnings yield6.75%——Top 49%

P/E over the past five years

Range 8.3× – 15.4× 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
+22.2%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+2.4%
Change in P/E multiple
+28.1%

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
7
50-day average slope (20 days)
+2.0%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+1.4%
Distance from 50-day average
-0.1%
Distance from 200-day average
+1.5%
RSI (14)
47.0
Relative volume
0.99×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
22.4%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
19th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.27
Correlation with S&P 500
0.12
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-11.0%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-26.3%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Aug 23, 2022Jul 1, 2024-39.8%465 days200 days (Apr 17, 2025)
Mar 10, 2021Apr 30, 2021-30.7%36 days329 days (Aug 19, 2022)
Apr 21, 2025Jun 23, 2025-26.4%43 days61 days (Sep 18, 2025)
Jun 12, 2026Jul 8, 2026-17.0%16 daysNot yet recovered
Oct 15, 2020Nov 6, 2020-12.0%16 days12 days (Nov 24, 2020)

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

Financial statements

Market cap
$210.2M
P/E (TTM)
14.8
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$3.01
Revenue (TTM)
$99.3M
Dividend yield
2.15%
52-week range
$34.18 – $54.96
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$54.6M$57.8M$74.5M$88.9M$94.2M
Gross profit$51.3M$55.0M$56.6M$59.5M$63.7M
Operating income$14.0M$15.9M$15.2M$13.4M$19.5M
Net income$11.7M$13.3M$12.6M$11.0M$15.6M
EPS (diluted)$2.45$2.80$2.65$2.33$3.31
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$22.3M$23.9M$23.4M$23.9M$23.3M$23.6M$25.8M$26.7M
Net income$2.7M$2.5M$4.4M$4.2M$3.0M$4.0M$4.3M$2.9M
EPS (diluted)$0.58$0.53$0.94$0.89$0.64$0.84$0.91$0.62
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$13.1M$16.0M$20.7M$13.1M$18.1M
Capital expenditure-$1.1M-$2.0M-$2.7M-$1.4M-$1.0M
Free cash flow$12.1M$14.0M$18.1M$11.7M$17.0M
Dividends paid-$4.0M-$4.7M-$4.9M-$4.2M-$4.3M
Net share buybacks-$954,000$0-$82,000-$1.9M$0

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$15.8M
Total assets
$1.66B
Total liabilities
$1.49B
Total debt
$51.7M
Net debt
$36.2M
Shareholders’ equity
$173.4M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Jul 24, 2026$0.25Aug 10, 2026
Apr 24, 2026$0.25May 10, 2026
Jan 23, 2026$0.23Feb 10, 2026
Oct 31, 2025$0.23Nov 10, 2025
Jul 25, 2025$0.23Aug 10, 2025
Apr 25, 2025$0.23May 10, 2025
Jan 24, 2025$0.22Feb 10, 2025
Oct 25, 2024$0.22Nov 10, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
60,517
Days to cover
1.97
Change vs previous report
+5.1%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

May 11, 2005
5-for-4
May 11, 1999
5-for-4
May 11, 1998
3-for-2
May 12, 1997
4-for-3
May 13, 1996
4-for-3