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Nicolet Bankshares, Inc.NICCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Major Banks

Wisconsin-based community bank holding company growing through acquisitions across Wisconsin and Michigan.

Momentum strong 72
Mkt cap
$3.60B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
91%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$29.3M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.62×
price to book
ROE
10.2%
delivered
Implied ROE
11.5%
what the price asks
Next earnings
74 days
19 Jan 2027
Close · USD$173.12
1D+0.2%
1W+0.9%
1M+5.5%
3M-0.1%
6M+17.7%
YTD+42.7%
1Y+39.6%
ATR %2.5%
Beta0.56
52w lowhigh3.8% off high

What Nicolet Bankshares does

Wisconsin-based community bank holding company growing through acquisitions across Wisconsin and Michigan.

Earns mainly from the gap between interest on loans and the cost of deposits, with wealth-management and other fee income alongside. Lending leans toward local businesses, so results track the Wisconsin and Michigan economy. Its base is Green Bay, and acquired banks have extended the branch network across both states.

Products and services

  • Retail/commercial banking
  • Wealth management

Customers

  • Wisconsin/Michigan individuals and small/mid-size

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Banking
  • Community banking
  • Wisconsin/Michigan retail and…

What could go right

  • M&A-driven growth in Wisconsin/Michigan
  • Wealth management fee growth

What could go wrong

  • Acquisition integration risk
  • Interest rate/net interest margin sensitivity

Moat: none (scale, distribution). Regional branch network built through acquisitions, but competes on commodity banking terms with larger Midwest banks.

Headquarters: Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States · Founded: 2000

Named competitors

Nicolet Bankshares at a glance

Size Nicolet Bankshares (NIC) is a United States Financials company (Major Banks) with a market value of $3.60B, the 1415th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $173.12 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 17.7%, against +5.5% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 45.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.7%); the operating margin is 47.0% (peer median 32.3%).

Valuation It trades at 1.62× book value against a peer median of 0.97× (5th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 11.5%; Nicolet Bankshares delivers 10.2%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Short interest Short interest is 5.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 19 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026NIC 120Peer median 106
Six months, rebased to 100: Nicolet Bankshares against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Nicolet Bankshares financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$797M$557M$521M$420M$332M
Revenue growth—+7%+24%+27%—
Net income$176M$151M$124M$61.5M$94.3M
Free cash flow$196M$149M$115M$89.4M$97.6M
Capital expenditure$14.1M$4.09M$28.4M$18.2M$12.2M
Total debt$92.8M$140M$161M$167M$542M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Nicolet Bankshares 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%-20%0%TBCGDAVE1753307327SBNOR7180CBUPRKBOQBCGEBKU8366FLG8368FFINTCBILLBNCENTRALBKBMANIC6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Nicolet Bankshares is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

5%10%15%20%25%10×1.50×20×2.50×TBCGDAVE1753307327SBNOR7180CBUSFNCPRKBOQBCGEBKUFLG8368FFINTCBILLBNCENTRALBKNICReturn 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. Nicolet Bankshares is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%100%200%300%0%100%200%300%TBCGDAVE73278366NICROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Nicolet Bankshares is the large dot.

Nicolet Bankshares competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (NIC vs ASB vs ONB vs WTFC)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Nicolet Bankshares NIC$3.60B+18%+46%10%1.62×11.5%
Associated Banc-Corp ASB$5.64B+6%+23%10%1.07×9.3%
Old National Bancorp ONB$9.43B+3%+18%12%1.17×10.3%
Wintrust Financial WTFC$10.2B0%+6%13%1.49×12.2%
Bank First BFC$1.64B+1%+33%12%1.98×10.9%

How Nicolet Bankshares 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.

Nicolet Bankshares against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureNICPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+5.5%-0.1%5th highest of 21
6-month return+17.7%+5.5%2nd highest of 21
Return on equity10.2%8.9%8th highest of 21
Price / book1.62×0.97×5th most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E19.2×14.4×4th most expensive of 20
ROE the price implies11.5%9.8%7th most demanding of 19
ROE delivered10.2%8.9%7th 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
Nicolet Bankshares NICUnited States$3.60B+18%+46%10%1.62×11.5%10.2%
TBC Bank TBCG.LUnited Kingdom$3.64B+11%+16%24%1.40×15.7%23.8%
Dave DAVEUnited States$3.55B+9%+49%105%17.09×291.2%104.8%
JB Financial 175330.KSSouth Korea$3.67B0%+9%13%0.94×5.3%n/a
Daishi Hokuetsu Financial 7327.TJapan$3.73B+9%+18%9%0.94×6.3%8.6%
Sparebanken Norge SBNOR.OLNorway$3.78B+8%+62%7%0.71×6.1%n/a
Kyushu Financial 7180.TJapan$3.79B+7%+15%5%0.73×6.6%4.9%
Community Financial System CBUUnited States$3.39B+1%+7%12%1.67×12.5%11.8%
Simmons First National SFNCUnited States$3.37B+10%+122%8%1.01×9.7%7.8%
Park National PRKUnited States$3.20B+2%+21%13%1.87×13.1%13.1%
Bank of Queensland BOQ.AXAustralia$3.19B+14%-6%4%0.80×8.9%4.3%
Banque Cantonale de Geneve BCGE.SWSwitzerland$3.17B+12%-3%10%1.01×n/a9.9%
BankUnited BKUUnited States$3.14B-7%-5%9%1.09×11.9%9.2%
Shiga Bank 8366.TJapan$3.12B+11%+23%4%0.76×3.9%4.4%
Flagstar Bank, National Association FLGUnited States$4.21B-26%-18%1%0.59×7.4%1.2%
Hyakugo Bank 8368.TJapan$2.98B+4%+29%6%0.85×8.0%6.4%
First Financial Bankshares FFINUnited States$4.36B-6%+8%16%2.38×17.0%15.9%
Texas Capital Bancshares TCBIUnited States$4.39B+1%+3%10%1.34×9.8%10.2%
Liechtensteinische Landesbank LLBN.SWSwitzerland$4.40B+24%-2%8%1.48×n/a7.7%
Central Bank of India CENTRALBK.NSIndia$2.93B-18%+8%12%0.67×10.9%12.0%
Banco Macro SA Sponsored ADR BMAUnited States$4.53B-21%+4%7%0.87×11.3%7.5%

Questions

Who are Nicolet Bankshares's main competitors?
Named competitors: Associated Banc-Corp (ASB), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Bank First Corporation (BFC). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes TBC Bank (TBCG.L), Dave (DAVE), JB Financial (175330.KS), Daishi Hokuetsu Financial (7327.T), Sparebanken Norge (SBNOR.OL), Kyushu Financial (7180.T).
Is Nicolet Bankshares expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.62× against a peer median of 0.97×, 5th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 11.5%; Nicolet Bankshares delivers 10.2%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Nicolet Bankshares stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +17.7% against +5.5% for the median peer; over one year +39.6%.

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.