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NBT Bancorp Inc.NBTBCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Major Banks

Community bank holding company serving upstate New York, New England and Pennsylvania with retail and commercial banking.

Momentum strong 71
Mkt cap
$2.74B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
99%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$16.0M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.45×
price to book
ROE
11.5%
delivered
Implied ROE
9.3%
what the price asks
Next earnings
82 days
27 Jan 2027
Close · USD$52.83
1D-0.3%
1W+1.2%
1M+4.5%
3M+0.7%
6M+15.9%
YTD+27.2%
1Y+26.6%
ATR %2.2%
Beta0.39
52w lowhigh4.5% off high

What NBT Bancorp does

Community bank holding company serving upstate New York, New England and Pennsylvania with retail and commercial banking.

Earns mostly from the spread between loan yields and deposit costs, helped by low-cost deposits from small-town branches. Fee businesses, including wealth management, insurance and retirement-plan administration, add a meaningful second stream.

Products and services

  • Retail banking
  • Commercial banking
  • Wealth management
  • Insurance agency

Customers

  • Individuals
  • Small & mid-size businesses
  • Municipalities

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Regional banking
  • Community banking plus wealth…

What could go right

  • Consolidation of small banks via M&A
  • Fee income growth

What could go wrong

  • Rural deposit growth limits
  • Interest rate margin pressure

Moat: narrow (distribution, switching costs). Dense branch network across small upstate NY/New England markets creates sticky, low-cost deposits.

Headquarters: Norwich, New York · Employees: 2,303

Named competitors

NBT Bancorp at a glance

Size NBT Bancorp (NBTB) is a United States Financials company (Major Banks) with a market value of $2.74B, the 1599th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $52.83 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 15.9%, against +1.1% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 9.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.1%); the operating margin is 37.5% (peer median 31.2%).

Valuation It trades at 1.45× book value against a peer median of 0.95× (4th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 9.3%; NBT Bancorp delivers 11.5%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Short interest Short interest is 5.0% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 27 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026NBTB 118Peer median 102
Six months, rebased to 100: NBT Bancorp against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

NBT Bancorp financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$952M$906M$788M$665M$540M
Revenue growth—+15%+19%+23%—
Net income$218M$169M$141M$119M$152M
Free cash flown/a$219M$177M$150M$176M
Capital expendituren/a$16.3M$11.7M$9.25M$7.01M
Total debt$569M$361M$445M$666M$814M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

NBT 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

-20%-10%0%+10%-20%0%BANDHANBNK1551FBKCENTRALBKFRME8368BFL600928BBAR8366BKU7389BCGEBOQ7173PRKOSBSFNCCBUBLXNBTB6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. NBT Bancorp is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

5%7.5%10%12.5%15%0.50×10×1.50×BANDHANBNK1551FBKCENTRALBKFRME8368BFL600928BBAR8366BKU7389BCGEBOQ7173PRKOSBCBUBLXNBTBReturn 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. NBT Bancorp is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

10%20%10%20%BANDHANBNK1551FBKCENTRALBKFRME8368BFL600928BBAR8366BKU7389BOQ7173BLXNBTBROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. NBT Bancorp is the large dot.

NBT Bancorp competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (NBTB vs CBU vs FISI vs AROW)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
NBT Bancorp NBTB$2.74B+16%+10%11%1.45×9.3%
Community Financial System CBU$3.39B+1%+7%12%1.67×12.5%
Financial Institutions FISI$776M+12%+42%30%1.29×n/a
Arrow Financial AROW$713M+4%+14%9%1.38×10.6%

How NBT 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.

NBT Bancorp against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureNBTBPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+4.5%+0.9%6th highest of 21
6-month return+15.9%+1.1%highest of 21
Return on equity11.5%8.6%8th highest of 21
Price / book1.45×0.95×4th most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E12.7×11.7×8th most expensive of 21
ROE the price implies9.3%9.3%10th least demanding of 20
ROE delivered11.5%8.6%8th highest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
NBT Bancorp NBTBUnited States$2.74B+16%+10%11%1.45×9.3%11.5%
Bandhan Bank BANDHANBNK.NSIndia$2.83B-21%+1%7%1.00×14.9%7.3%
Guangzhou Rural Commercial Bank 1551.HKHong Kong$2.83B-10%-9%2%0.22×3.5%2.3%
FB Financial FBKUnited States$2.66B0%+27%12%1.39×12.3%11.9%
Central Bank of India CENTRALBK.NSIndia$2.93B-18%+8%12%0.67×10.9%12.0%
First Merchants FRMEUnited States$2.56B+1%+8%8%0.97×9.2%7.8%
Hyakugo Bank 8368.TJapan$2.98B+4%+29%6%0.85×8.0%6.4%
BSP Financial BFL.AXAustralia$2.53B-5%+7%25%2.12×10.5%24.5%
Bank of Xi'an 600928.SSChina$2.51B+2%+1%8%0.45×2.6%7.8%
Banco BBVA Argentina SA Sponsored ADR BBARUnited States$2.45B-29%+6%8%0.77×8.1%8.0%
Shiga Bank 8366.TJapan$3.12B+11%+23%4%0.76×3.9%4.4%
BankUnited BKUUnited States$3.14B-7%-5%9%1.09×11.9%9.2%
Aichi Financial 7389.TJapan$2.40B+3%+31%8%0.81×6.5%7.8%
Banque Cantonale de Geneve BCGE.SWSwitzerland$3.17B+12%-3%10%1.01×n/a9.9%
Bank of Queensland BOQ.AXAustralia$3.19B+14%-6%4%0.80×8.9%4.3%
Tokyo Kiraboshi Financial 7173.TJapan$2.36B-12%+15%11%0.93×5.9%10.8%
Park National PRKUnited States$3.20B+2%+21%13%1.87×13.1%13.1%
OSB OSB.LUnited Kingdom$2.27B+4%-6%12%0.78×12.1%12.4%
Simmons First National SFNCUnited States$3.37B+10%+122%8%1.01×9.7%7.8%
Community Financial System CBUUnited States$3.39B+1%+7%12%1.67×12.5%11.8%
Bladex BLXUnited States$2.19B-7%+4%14%1.05×9.3%14.5%

Questions

Who are NBT Bancorp's main competitors?
Named competitors: Community Financial System (CBU), Financial Institutions Inc (FISI), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (private or unlisted), Arrow Financial (AROW). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Bandhan Bank (BANDHANBNK.NS), Guangzhou Rural Commercial Bank (1551.HK), FB Financial (FBK), Central Bank of India (CENTRALBK.NS), First Merchants (FRME), Hyakugo Bank (8368.T).
Is NBT Bancorp expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.45× against a peer median of 0.95×, 4th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 9.3%; NBT Bancorp delivers 11.5%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has NBT Bancorp stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +15.9% against +1.1% for the median peer; over one year +26.6%.

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.