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Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The)NTBCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Regional Banks

Bermuda-based bank providing offshore retail, private and corporate banking, plus trust services in Bermuda, Cayman and Guernsey.

Momentum weak 39
Mkt cap
$2.15B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
98%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$9.86M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.94×
price to book
ROE
21.1%
delivered
Implied ROE
12.0%
what the price asks
Next earnings
101 days
15 Feb 2027
Close · USD$54.74
1D+0.2%
1W-2.5%
1M-5.4%
3M-12.5%
6M-2.8%
YTD+9.9%
1Y+17.3%
ATR %2.3%
Beta0.41
52w lowhigh14.7% off high

What Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The) does

Bermuda-based bank providing offshore retail, private and corporate banking, plus trust services in Bermuda, Cayman and Guernsey.

Funded largely by customer deposits that cost little to hold, then lends and invests the cash, so earnings rise and fall with interest rates; fees from trust, custody, payments and foreign exchange add a significant share. Bermuda and the Cayman Islands carry the business, with Guernsey and Jersey as wealth-management hubs.

Products and services

  • Community banking (Bermuda, Cayman)
  • Trust and private/wealth banking
  • Corporate/institutional banking

Customers

  • Bermuda/Cayman residents and businesses
  • International private-banking clients

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Offshore/international banks
  • Bermuda/Caribbean private and corporate…

What could go right

  • Offshore wealth and trust asset growth

What could go wrong

  • Small-island economic concentration
  • Offshore-finance regulatory scrutiny

Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, brand). Longstanding licensed offshore banking franchise with deep local relationships in small island markets.

Headquarters: Hamilton, Bermuda · Founded: 1858 · Employees: 1,315

Named competitors

  • HSBC Bermuda private or unlisted
  • Clarien Bank private or unlisted
  • Butterfield's Guernsey/Cayman peers private or unlisted

Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The) at a glance

Size Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The) (NTB) is a United States Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $2.15B, the 1748th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $54.74 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 2.8%, against +6.4% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 5th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 0.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.9%); the operating margin is 37.9% (peer median 35.3%).

Valuation It trades at 1.94× book value against a peer median of 1.21× (5th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 12.0%; Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The) delivers 21.1%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Short interest Short interest is 2.0% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 15 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 107NTB 98
Six months, rebased to 100: Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The) against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The) financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$803M$800M$816M$762M$606M
Revenue growth—-2%+7%+26%—
Net income$234M$232M$216M$225M$214M
Free cash flow$224M$255M$244M$273M$192M
Capital expenditure$23.5M$24.8M$21.5M$54.3M$26.9M
Total debt$38.6M$38.7M$227M$132M$205M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The) 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%WUSRCEEFSCHTH6196FCF7380CUBBUSETBBKBDB8381MBIN60090823560029588524DCOMNTB6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The) is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

10%20%30%10×20×WUSRCEEFSCHTH6196FCF7380CUBBUSETBBKMBIN6009082356SYBTGABC0029588524NTBReturn 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. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The) is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

10%20%30%40%20%40%WUSRCEEFSCHTHFCF7380CUBTBBKBDBMBIN6009088524NTBROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The) is the large dot.

Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The) competitors and peer comparison

How Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The) 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.

Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The) against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureNTBPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-5.4%0.0%4th lowest of 21
6-month return-2.8%+6.4%5th lowest of 21
Return on equity21.1%9.7%4th highest of 21
Price / book1.94×1.21×5th most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E9.6×12.1×8th cheapest of 21
ROE the price implies12.0%10.2%7th most demanding of 20
ROE delivered21.1%9.8%4th highest 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
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%
1st Source SRCEUnited States$2.09B+18%+4%14%1.59×10.5%13.9%
Enterprise Financial Services EFSCUnited States$2.21B+4%+2%10%1.20×10.2%9.6%
Hilltop HTHUnited States$2.07B-4%-2%7%0.98×9.1%6.6%
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%
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%
Bancorp TBBKUnited States$1.97B-15%-7%33%2.96×26.3%33.0%
Banco di Desio e della Brianza BDB.MIItaly$2.37B+80%+2%9%1.41×12.0%9.0%
San-in Godo Bank 8381.TJapan$1.95B+5%+27%8%0.91×5.9%8.1%
Merchants Bancorp MBINUnited States$2.38B+12%0%14%1.23×12.6%13.6%
Wuxi Rural Commercial Bank 600908.SSChina$1.94B+3%-5%10%0.54×2.8%10.1%
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%
German American Bancorp GABCUnited States$1.88B+15%+12%13%1.63×11.0%12.8%
Qingdao Rural Commercial Bank 002958.SZChina$2.47B-2%-9%8%0.41×2.5%7.9%
North Pacific Bank 8524.TJapan$2.50B+8%+25%7%1.02×8.1%7.1%
Dime Commercial Bancshares DCOMUnited States$1.85B+13%+14%9%1.39×12.4%9.4%

Questions

Who are Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The)'s main competitors?
Named competitors: HSBC Bermuda (private or unlisted), Clarien Bank (private or unlisted), Butterfield's Guernsey/Cayman peers (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Western Union (WU), 1st Source (SRCE), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), Hilltop (HTH), Bank of Zhengzhou (6196.HK), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF).
Is Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The) expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.94× against a peer median of 1.21×, 5th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 12.0%; Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The) delivers 21.1%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The) stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -2.8% against +6.4% for the median peer; over one year +17.3%.

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.