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Employees: 327
Size Investar (ISTR) is a United States Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $383M, the 2894th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $27.79 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 2.4%, against +10.6% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 3rd lowest of 19 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 33.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.0%); the operating margin is 40.2% (peer median 38.5%).
Valuation It trades at 1.00× book value against a peer median of 1.23× (7th cheapest of 21).
Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 7.7%; Investar delivers 11.0%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
Short interest Short interest is 1.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 28 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $207M | $153M | $156M | $141M | $123M |
| Revenue growth | — | -2% | +11% | +14% | — |
| Net income | $39.1M | $22.9M | $20.3M | $16.7M | $35.7M |
| Free cash flow | n/a | $17.5M | $15.7M | $25.4M | $41.1M |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | $8.88M | $10.5M | $1.07M | $6.06M |
| Total debt | $235M | $155M | $103M | $300M | $443M |
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| Measure | ISTR | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -4.4% | +4.3% | 3rd lowest of 20 |
| 6-month return | -2.4% | +10.6% | 3rd lowest of 19 |
| Return on equity | 11.0% | 11.7% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Price / book | 1.00× | 1.23× | 7th cheapest of 21 |
| Trailing P/E | 11.0× | 12.2× | 8th cheapest of 20 |
| ROE the price implies | 7.7% | 7.6% | 9th most demanding of 20 |
| ROE delivered | 11.0% | 11.7% | 9th lowest of 19 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | ROE | Price / book | Implied ROE | Delivered ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investar ISTR | United States | $383M | -2% | +34% | 11% | 1.00× | 7.7% | 11.0% |
| Parke Bancorp PKBK | United States | $384M | +6% | +9% | 14% | 1.17× | 8.3% | 14.1% |
| Georgia Banking GBC | United States | $382M | n/a | n/a | 12% | 1.23× | 8.9% | n/a |
| Avidbank AVBH | United States | $378M | +14% | -32% | -6% | 1.28× | 7.3% | -5.6% |
| Norwood Financial NWFL | United States | $389M | +17% | +46% | 12% | 1.37× | 9.3% | 12.5% |
| Rogaland Sparebank ROGS.OL | Norway | $375M | +4% | 0% | 7% | 0.83× | 5.3% | 6.9% |
| GronlandsBANKEN A/S GRLA.CO | Denmark | $373M | +43% | -13% | 12% | 1.59× | 5.9% | 11.8% |
| Hypothekarbank Lenzburg HBLN.SW | Switzerland | $368M | 0% | +4% | 4% | 0.60× | n/a | 4.3% |
| Fidelity D & D Bancorp FDBC | United States | $399M | +50% | +8% | 14% | 1.62× | 12.4% | 13.5% |
| USCB Financial USCB | United States | $363M | +5% | +3% | 13% | 1.64× | 9.9% | 13.4% |
| Primis Financial FRST | United States | $359M | 0% | +17% | 13% | 0.82× | 7.5% | 13.4% |
| Citizens Financial Services CZFS | United States | $408M | +33% | +4% | 13% | 1.16× | 7.6% | 12.7% |
| Pareto Bank PARB.OL | Norway | $410M | -25% | -11% | 4% | 0.81× | 6.9% | 4.3% |
| Chemung Financial CHMG | United States | $410M | +25% | +19% | 15% | 1.50× | 10.2% | 14.7% |
| First Carolina Financial Services FCBM | United States | $415M | n/a | +28% | 4% | 0.96× | 6.5% | n/a |
| Foroya Banki FOBANK.CO | Denmark | $422M | +20% | -12% | 14% | 1.44× | 5.6% | 13.6% |
| PCB Bancorp PCB | United States | $422M | +22% | +4% | 11% | 1.27× | 8.4% | 10.8% |
| Isabella Bank ISBA | United States | $345M | -5% | +11% | 9% | 1.22× | 7.1% | 8.9% |
| C&F Financial CFFI | United States | $342M | +41% | +8% | 12% | 1.27× | 7.6% | 11.6% |
| BayCom BCML | United States | $340M | +1% | -5% | 3% | 1.02× | 6.6% | 2.8% |
| RBB Bancorp RBB | United States | $433M | +7% | +4% | 8% | 0.81× | 8.8% | 8.4% |