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QCR Holdings, Inc.QCRHCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Major Banks

Multi-bank holding company operating community banks in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin plus a national fintech-banking unit.

Momentum strong 63
Mkt cap
$1.64B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
97%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$13.5M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.43×
price to book
ROE
12.7%
delivered
Implied ROE
10.9%
what the price asks
Next earnings
81 days
26 Jan 2027
Close · USD$100.85
1D-0.3%
1W-0.5%
1M+2.3%
3M-2.8%
6M+10.8%
YTD+21.1%
1Y+30.9%
ATR %2.6%
Beta0.50
52w lowhigh6.7% off high

What QCR does

Multi-bank holding company operating community banks in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin plus a national fintech-banking unit.

Earns mainly from the gap between loan interest and deposit costs, with fee income from wealth management and from banking services for fintech partners. It has grown partly by buying smaller banks across the Midwest.

Products and services

  • Commercial banking
  • Retail banking
  • Specialty/fintech partner banking
  • Trust & wealth management

Customers

  • Small & mid-size businesses
  • Consumers
  • Fintech partners

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Regional banking
  • Midwest multi-bank plus specialty…

What could go right

  • Multi-market Midwest diversification
  • Fee income from specialty lending

What could go wrong

  • CRE loan concentration
  • Interest rate margin pressure

Moat: narrow (distribution, customer qualification). Multi-charter community-bank model plus niche specialty-finance and fintech banking-as-a-service relationships.

Headquarters: Moline, Illinois · Founded: 1993 · Employees: 967

Named competitors

QCR at a glance

Size QCR (QCRH) is a United States Financials company (Major Banks) with a market value of $1.64B, the 1924th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $100.85 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 10.8%, against +6.2% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 3.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +14.2%); the operating margin is 39.7% (peer median 26.9%).

Valuation It trades at 1.43× book value against a peer median of 0.96× (6th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 10.9%; QCR delivers 12.7%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Short interest Short interest is 3.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 26 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026QCRH 112Peer median 109
Six months, rebased to 100: QCR against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

QCR financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$610M$603M$599M$547M$371M
Revenue growth—+1%+9%+47%—
Net income$142M$127M$114M$114M$99.1M
Free cash flown/a$66.0M$397M$361M$77.3M
Capital expendituren/a$67.4M$44.5M$14.9M$43.3M
Total debt$1.02B$642M$574M$722M$830M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

QCR 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

-50%0%+50%+100%-50%-25%0%+25%9668HOPESOUTHBANKINTRCASHESQ139130FSUNPSB8386AVARDA8714NONG834684108388QCRH6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. QCR is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

5%10%15%20%10×20×9668HOPESOUTHBANKINTRCASHESQ139130FSUNPSB8386HAPNAVARDA28458714CHCO8410OFGQCRHReturn 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. QCR is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

10%20%10%20%9668HOPESOUTHBANKINTRCASHESQFSUNPSB8386HAPNAVARDA28458714CHCOOFGQCRHROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. QCR is the large dot.

QCR competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (QCRH vs GSBC vs NIC vs WTBA)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
QCR QCRH$1.64B+11%+3%13%1.43×10.9%
Great Southern Bancorp GSBC$868M+16%-10%10%1.42×9.3%
Nicolet Bankshares NIC$3.60B+18%+46%10%1.62×11.5%
West Bancorporation WTBA$520M+27%0%15%1.92×13.1%

How QCR 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.

QCR against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureQCRHPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+2.3%-0.1%8th highest of 21
6-month return+10.8%+6.2%9th highest of 20
Return on equity12.7%7.9%8th highest of 21
Price / book1.43×0.96×6th most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E11.8×12.5×9th cheapest of 20
ROE the price implies10.9%7.4%8th most demanding of 21
ROE delivered12.7%8.0%8th 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
QCR QCRHUnited States$1.64B+11%+3%13%1.43×10.9%12.7%
CHINA BOHAI BANK 9668.HKHong Kong$1.67B-23%-5%6%0.10×3.4%5.5%
Hope Bancorp HOPEUnited States$1.68B+6%+7%6%0.75×7.6%5.9%
South Indian Bank SOUTHBANK.NSIndia$1.60B+38%+5%14%1.25×18.3%13.9%
Inter & INTRUnited States$1.70B-40%+51%16%0.84×8.8%15.5%
Pathward Financial CASHUnited States$1.58B-12%-1%21%1.93×12.8%20.9%
Esquire Financial ESQUnited States$1.57B+21%+33%11%2.00×10.2%10.5%
iM Financial 139130.KSSouth Korea$1.76B-20%+24%8%0.46×4.2%n/a
FirstSun Capital Bancorp FSUNUnited States$1.77B+5%+45%4%0.98×6.3%4.2%
Punjab & Sind Bank PSB.NSIndia$1.52B-22%+3%11%0.99×14.8%10.7%
Hyakujushi Bank 8386.TJapan$1.78B+4%+22%6%0.72×6.7%5.6%
Happen HAPNUnited States$1.84Bn/a+26%14%1.16×14.5%13.8%
Avarda Bank AVARDA.STSweden$1.47B+42%+22%26%4.29×23.7%26.0%
Far Eastern International Bank 2845.TWTaiwan$1.88B+4%+5%7%0.87×3.2%7.4%
Senshu Ikeda Holdings,Inc 8714.TJapan$1.41B-14%+29%8%0.88×6.0%8.0%
SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge NONG.OLNorway$1.96B+26%-4%8%0.93×6.6%7.7%
City CHCOUnited States$1.99B+15%+3%16%2.55×13.9%16.4%
Toho Bank 8346.TJapan$1.32B+24%+30%7%0.92×7.2%6.6%
Seven Bank 8410.TJapan$2.09B+28%+3%6%1.41×5.7%6.3%
OFG Bancorp OFGUnited States$2.15B+10%+2%17%1.60×12.0%16.6%
Awa Bank 8388.TJapan$2.15B+94%+23%5%0.80×5.3%4.7%

Questions

Who are QCR's main competitors?
Named competitors: MidWestOne Financial (private or unlisted), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Nicolet Bankshares (NIC), West Bancorporation (WTBA). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes CHINA BOHAI BANK (9668.HK), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), South Indian Bank (SOUTHBANK.NS), Inter & (INTR), Pathward Financial (CASH), Esquire Financial (ESQ).
Is QCR expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.43× against a peer median of 0.96×, 6th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 10.9%; QCR delivers 12.7%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has QCR stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +10.8% against +6.2% for the median peer; over one year +30.9%.

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.