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Mechanics Bancorp. Class AMCHBCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Regional Banks

Northern and Central California bank, recently public after decades as a private, family-owned institution.

Momentum neutral 44
Mkt cap
$3.41B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
13%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$9.22M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.33×
price to book
ROE
10.2%
delivered
Implied ROE
14.8%
what the price asks
Next earnings
90 days
4 Feb 2027
Close · USD$14.72
1D+0.5%
1W+0.6%
1M+1.4%
3M-11.9%
6M-0.7%
YTD+0.6%
1Y+11.3%
ATR %2.6%
Beta0.54
52w lowhigh15.3% off high

What Mechanics Bancorp does

Northern and Central California bank, recently public after decades as a private, family-owned institution.

Products and services

  • Commercial banking
  • Retail/consumer banking
  • Wealth management

Customers

  • Northern/Central California businesses and consume

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Regional banks
  • Northern California community banking

What could go right

  • Northern California business and real estate lending

What could go wrong

  • California commercial real estate exposure
  • Integration of recent acquisitions

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution). Long-standing California deposit franchise, though moat is limited outside its home region.

Headquarters: Walnut Creek, California, US · Founded: 1905 · Employees: 1,921

Named competitors

Mechanics Bancorp at a glance

Size Mechanics Bancorp (MCHB) is a United States Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $3.41B, the 1456th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $14.72 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 0.7%, against +2.8% 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 131.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.3%); the operating margin is 41.1% (peer median 36.6%).

Valuation It trades at 1.33× book value against a peer median of 1.10× (7th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 14.8%; Mechanics Bancorp delivers 10.2%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Short interest Short interest is 1.8% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 4 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 104MCHB 102
Six months, rebased to 100: Mechanics Bancorp against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Mechanics Bancorp financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.03B$886M$594M$443M$359M
Revenue growth—+49%+34%+23%—
Net income$272M$266M$29.0M-$27.5M$66.5M
Free cash flown/a$187M$286M$9.91M$231M
Capital expendituren/a$6.51M$6.37M$3.81M$6.79M
Total debt$210M$279M$56.1M$2.00B$1.28B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Mechanics Bancorp 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%-10%0%+10%FFBC2812TOWN7189601128FIBK8418RNSTXXISBCF601997UCOBANKWKBNWSBC5832EQBKARURVYSYAFHBCMBNMCHB6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Mechanics Bancorp is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

0%5%10%15%10×1.50×20×FFBC2812TOWN7189601128FIBK8418RNSTXXISBCF601997UCOBANKWKBNWSBCEQBKARURVYSYACMBNBANFMCHBReturn 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. Mechanics Bancorp is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%10%20%30%0%10%20%30%FFBC2812TOWN7189601128FIBK8418SBCF601997WSBCEQBKARURVYSYACMBNBANFMCHBROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Mechanics Bancorp is the large dot.

Mechanics Bancorp competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (MCHB vs WABC vs TCBK vs FSBC)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Mechanics Bancorp MCHB$3.41B-1%+131%10%1.33×14.8%
Westamerica Bancorporation WABC$1.38B+9%-4%13%1.75×11.3%
TriCo Bancshares TCBK$1.67B+2%+4%11%1.26×9.6%
Five Star Bancorp FSBC$1.08B+6%+18%15%1.75×10.4%

How Mechanics Bancorp 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.

Mechanics Bancorp against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureMCHBPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+1.4%+1.6%11th highest of 21
6-month return-0.7%+2.8%9th lowest of 21
Return on equity10.2%8.8%8th highest of 21
Price / book1.33×1.10×7th most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E12.4×11.3×6th most expensive of 19
ROE the price implies14.8%9.0%2nd most demanding of 20
ROE delivered10.2%9.2%8th highest of 19

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Mechanics Bancorp MCHBUnited States$3.41B-1%+131%10%1.33×14.8%10.2%
First Financial Bancorp FFBCUnited States$3.43B+6%+13%11%1.19×10.9%10.7%
Taichung Commercial Bank 2812.TWTaiwan$3.38B-12%-13%11%1.16×3.9%11.2%
TowneBank TOWNUnited States$3.36B+4%+36%13%1.08×9.0%12.9%
Nishi-Nippon Financial 7189.TJapan$3.47B+3%+28%8%0.88×6.9%7.8%
Jiangsu Changshu Rural Commercial Bank 601128.SSChina$3.48B-4%-1%14%0.67×2.5%13.8%
First Interstate BancSystem FIBKUnited States$3.50B+4%-4%10%1.12×9.0%9.5%
Yamaguchi Financial 8418.TJapan$3.54B+6%+19%6%0.84×5.8%5.7%
Renasant RNSTUnited States$3.55B-2%+20%9%0.93×9.5%8.7%
Twenty One Capital XXIUnited States$3.57B-36%n/a-12%1.38×7.6%n/a
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida SBCFUnited States$3.24B+8%+29%7%1.25×10.9%6.8%
Bank of Guiyang 601997.SSChina$3.20B-3%-5%7%0.32×2.0%6.9%
UCO Bank UCOBANK.NSIndia$3.17B-13%+1%9%0.86×13.6%n/a
Walliser Kantonalbank WKBN.SWSwitzerland$3.15B+4%-12%5%1.50×n/a5.3%
WesBanco WSBCUnited States$3.70B+13%+17%9%0.96×8.2%8.8%
Chugin Financial Group,Inc 5832.TJapan$3.76B+10%+34%8%0.86×6.5%8.3%
EQB EQB.TOCanada$3.79B+3%-4%0%1.44×12.8%-0.1%
Karur Vysya Bank KARURVYSYA.NSIndia$3.80B+18%+14%21%2.32×30.7%21.0%
First Hawaiian FHBUnited States$3.04B-9%+1%10%1.08×9.3%9.9%
Cembra Money Bank CMBN.SWSwitzerland$3.03B-9%-3%15%1.93×4.1%14.7%
BancFirst BANFUnited States$3.87B+2%-3%14%1.94×12.7%13.6%

Questions

Who are Mechanics Bancorp's main competitors?
Named competitors: Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Five Star Bancorp (FSBC). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes First Financial Bancorp (FFBC), Taichung Commercial Bank (2812.TW), TowneBank (TOWN), Nishi-Nippon Financial (7189.T), Jiangsu Changshu Rural Commercial Bank (601128.SS), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK).
Is Mechanics Bancorp expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.33× against a peer median of 1.10×, 7th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 14.8%; Mechanics Bancorp delivers 10.2%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Mechanics Bancorp stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -0.7% against +2.8% for the median peer; over one year +11.3%.

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.