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Enterprise Financial Services CorpEFSCCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Regional Banks

St. Louis-based commercial bank serving businesses across Missouri, Kansas, Arizona and California.

Momentum neutral 55
Mkt cap
$2.21B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
98%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$14.9M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.20×
price to book
ROE
9.6%
delivered
Implied ROE
10.2%
what the price asks
Next earnings
80 days
25 Jan 2027
Close · USD$62.05
1D-0.4%
1W+0.4%
1M+4.6%
3M-5.5%
6M+3.7%
YTD+14.9%
1Y+15.3%
ATR %2.3%
Beta0.51
52w lowhigh9.7% off high

What Enterprise Financial Services does

St. Louis-based commercial bank serving businesses across Missouri, Kansas, Arizona and California.

Earns mostly from interest on loans to owner-managed businesses, funded by business deposits, with fee income from wealth management, treasury services and specialty lines such as tax credit brokerage and SBA lending. Growth has come partly from buying banks in new states, such as Seacoast Commerce in California.

Products and services

  • Commercial banking
  • Retail banking
  • SBA lending

Customers

  • Missouri/Kansas/Arizona small and mid-size busines

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Regional banks
  • Midwest/Southwest commercial banking

What could go right

  • Multi-state commercial loan growth

What could go wrong

  • Commercial real estate exposure
  • Net interest margin compression

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution). Multi-state commercial-banking franchise built through disciplined organic growth and acquisitions.

Headquarters: St. Louis, Missouri, US · Founded: 1988 · Employees: 1,370

Named competitors

Enterprise Financial Services at a glance

Size Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC) is a United States Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $2.21B, the 1726th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $62.05 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 3.7%, against +5.5% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 9th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 2.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.7%); the operating margin is 31.9% (peer median 36.9%).

Valuation It trades at 1.20× book value against a peer median of 1.11× (11th cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 10.2%; Enterprise Financial Services delivers 9.6%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Short interest Short interest is 3.3% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 25 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 106EFSC 105
Six months, rebased to 100: Enterprise Financial Services against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Enterprise Financial Services financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.00B$1.00B$921M$834M$574M
Revenue growth—+9%+10%+45%—
Net income$188M$201M$185M$194M$203M
Free cash flow$235M$182M$240M$262M$209M
Capital expenditure$7.30M$87.0M$7.47M$6.56M$1.93M
Total debt$502M$509M$464M$482M$598M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Enterprise Financial Services competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-10%0%+10%+20%-20%-10%0%+10%NTBWU7380CUBBUSESRCEBDBHTHMBIN6196FCF2356002958TBBK85248381600908BANRBBTEFSC6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Enterprise Financial Services is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

10%20%30%10×20×NTBWU7380CUBBUSESRCEBDBHTHMBIN61962356SYBT002958TBBK8524BANREFSCReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Enterprise Financial Services is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

10%20%30%40%20%40%NTBWU7380CUBBUSESRCEBDBMBINFCF2356002958TBBKBBTEFSCROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Enterprise Financial Services is the large dot.

Enterprise Financial Services competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (EFSC vs BUSE vs CBSH vs SFNC)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Enterprise Financial Services EFSC$2.21B+4%+2%10%1.20×10.2%
First Busey BUSE$2.33B+8%+17%10%1.03×8.8%
Commerce Bancshares CBSH$7.82B+6%+9%15%1.87×12.1%
Simmons First National SFNC$3.37B+10%+122%8%1.01×9.7%

How Enterprise Financial Services compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Enterprise Financial Services against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureEFSCPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+4.6%-0.7%5th highest of 21
6-month return+3.7%+5.5%9th lowest of 21
Return on equity9.6%9.9%10th lowest of 21
Price / book1.20×1.11×11th cheapest of 21
Trailing P/E12.5×11.6×7th most expensive of 21
ROE the price implies10.2%9.1%9th most demanding of 20
ROE delivered9.6%10.0%9th lowest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Enterprise Financial Services EFSCUnited States$2.21B+4%+2%10%1.20×10.2%9.6%
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The) NTBUnited States$2.15B-3%0%21%1.94×12.0%21.1%
Western Union WUUnited States$2.15B-24%-2%44%2.35×14.3%44.0%
Juroku Financial Group,Inc 7380.TJapan$2.30B0%+16%6%0.70×6.3%6.1%
City Union Bank CUB.NSIndia$2.31B+8%+22%14%1.94×29.8%14.1%
First Busey BUSEUnited States$2.33B+8%+17%10%1.03×8.8%9.8%
1st Source SRCEUnited States$2.09B+18%+4%14%1.59×10.5%13.9%
Banco di Desio e della Brianza BDB.MIItaly$2.37B+80%+2%9%1.41×12.0%9.0%
Hilltop HTHUnited States$2.07B-4%-2%7%0.98×9.1%6.6%
Merchants Bancorp MBINUnited States$2.38B+12%0%14%1.23×12.6%13.6%
Bank of Zhengzhou 6196.HKHong Kong$2.06B-14%-3%3%0.15×3.5%n/a
First Commonwealth Financial FCFUnited States$2.03B+13%+4%11%1.37×10.4%11.4%
Dah Sing Banking 2356.HKHong Kong$2.45B+5%-8%8%0.53×5.5%7.5%
Stock Yards Bancorp SYBTUnited States$2.46B+10%+10%32%2.17×n/a32.4%
Qingdao Rural Commercial Bank 002958.SZChina$2.47B-2%-9%8%0.41×2.5%7.9%
Bancorp TBBKUnited States$1.97B-15%-7%33%2.96×26.3%33.0%
North Pacific Bank 8524.TJapan$2.50B+8%+25%7%1.02×8.1%7.1%
San-in Godo Bank 8381.TJapan$1.95B+5%+27%8%0.91×5.9%8.1%
Wuxi Rural Commercial Bank 600908.SSChina$1.94B+3%-5%10%0.54×2.8%10.1%
Banner BANRUnited States$2.55B+7%+2%10%1.20×10.1%10.0%
Beacon Financial BBTUnited States$2.57B+6%+74%9%1.02×7.9%9.1%

Questions

Who are Enterprise Financial Services's main competitors?
Named competitors: First Busey (BUSE), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Simmons First National (SFNC). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The) (NTB), Western Union (WU), Juroku Financial Group,Inc (7380.T), City Union Bank (CUB.NS), First Busey (BUSE), 1st Source (SRCE).
Is Enterprise Financial Services expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.20× against a peer median of 1.11×, 11th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 10.2%; Enterprise Financial Services delivers 9.6%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Enterprise Financial Services stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +3.7% against +5.5% for the median peer; over one year +15.3%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.