Central Bancompany (CBC)
NASDAQ:CBC
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Rating:74Outperform
Price Target:
$32.00
▲(25.00% Upside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:05/23/26
The score is driven primarily by solid financial performance (strong profitability and improved leverage/capital) and supportive earnings-call guidance around margin/earnings tailwinds from loan repricing and redeploying excess liquidity. Offsetting factors are stretched technical momentum (RSI/Stoch elevated), modest dividend yield, and watch items around cash-flow variability and localized credit/margin pressures.
Positive Factors
Strong Capital Position
A large excess capital buffer (~$1.9B) provides durable financial flexibility: it supports dividends and buybacks, funds loan growth or strategic M&A without immediate dilutive financing, and strengthens regulatory/resilience posture, reducing solvency and growth risk over months.
Negative Factors
Cash-Flow Step-Down/Volatility
Operating and free cash flow declined materially in 2025 versus 2024 despite earnings growth, indicating cash conversion variability. Persistent or recurring step-downs could limit funding for buybacks/dividends, constrain capital deployment, and raise reliance on volatile earnings to support capital plans.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Strong Capital Position
A large excess capital buffer (~$1.9B) provides durable financial flexibility: it supports dividends and buybacks, funds loan growth or strategic M&A without immediate dilutive financing, and strengthens regulatory/resilience posture, reducing solvency and growth risk over months.
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Central Bancompany (CBC) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$6.77B
Dividend Yield3.66%
Average Volume (3M)285.39K
Price to Earnings (P/E)16.6
Beta (1Y)0.03
Revenue GrowthN/A
EPS GrowthN/A
CountryUS
Employees2,800
SectorFinancial
Sector Strength70
IndustryBanks - Regional
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)1.76
Shares Outstanding239,768,160
10 Day Avg. Volume847,427
30 Day Avg. Volume285,390
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.00
Price to Book (P/B)70.87
Price to Sales (P/S)219.50
P/FCF Ratio1.16K
Enterprise Value/Market Cap0.93
Enterprise Value/Revenue5.01
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit6.00
Enterprise Value/Ebitda11.71
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$29.50Price Target Upside15.23% Upside
Rating ConsensusStrong Buy
Number of Analyst Covering5
EPS Forecast (FY)1.91
Revenue Forecast (FY)$1.12B
Central Bancompany Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Central Bancompany, Inc. functions as a multi-bank holding company, delivering a broad spectrum of community banking solutions and financial services. Its operations span across nine states: Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Oklahoma, Colorado, No...
How the Company Makes Money
CBC primarily makes money through (1) net interest income and (2) noninterest income. Net interest income is earned from the spread between interest collected on loans and other interest-earning assets and the interest paid on deposits and other f...
Central Bancompany Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Apr 28, 2026
(Q1-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Aug 04, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call conveyed a predominantly positive performance: strong year-over-year earnings growth, solid margins and efficiency, balanced loan and deposit growth, robust capital with active shareholder returns, and generally stable asset quality. Near-term headwinds include margin pressure from excess liquidity and seasonal public funds, a concentrated uptick in commercial delinquencies expected to be resolved, and modest incremental public company expenses. Management is actively deploying excess capital and reinvesting cash into higher-yielding securities; M&A remains a strategic focus but no deals are imminent.Positive Updates
Strong Quarterly Profitability
Net income of $111.1 million ($0.46 per diluted share); net income increased $16.3 million or 17% year-over-year; return on average assets of 2.2%.
Negative Updates
Margin Pressure from Excess Liquidity and Seasonality
Excess liquidity weighed on margin in 1Q; loan yields edged down 3 basis points (largely due to lower prepayment fees) and higher average public funds produced a seasonal increase in deposit mix that affected costs.
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Q1-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Strong Quarterly Profitability
Net income of $111.1 million ($0.46 per diluted share); net income increased $16.3 million or 17% year-over-year; return on average assets of 2.2%.
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Company Guidance
Management guided that margin and earnings should benefit as roughly $1.8 billion of loans remain to reprice this year (they repriced $400 million in 1Q) at roughly a 5.8% yield, loan opportunities are about 300 bps over like‑maturity Treasuries, and reinvestment of excess cash has been earning roughly 4.30% (team targeting ~4‑year duration); loan yields were down ~3 bps q/q while deposit costs fell ~5 bps excluding higher seasonal public funds (public funds should decline in Q2–Q3), and they expect a low‑20s beta on deposit repricing—supporting NIM (FTE NIM was 4.36% in 1Q) and NII growth; capital remains ample with ~ $1.9 billion excess (~$7.80/share) after a $32 million buyback and a meaningful dividend increase, asset quality stayed strong (net charge‑offs 10 bps, allowance covered ~130 bps of total loans), and they flagged ~$5 million of incremental annual public‑company expense while noting active M&A discussions but no deals imminent.Central Bancompany Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
78
Positive
Balance Sheet
82
Very Positive
Cash Flow
70
Positive
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 1.26B | 1.22B | 897.71M | 823.81M | 823.13M | 797.77M |
| Gross Profit | 1.05B | 1.01B | 897.71M | 1.01B | 750.24M | 732.39M |
| EBITDA | 537.66M | 526.57M | 0.00 | 374.30M | 361.55M | 353.65M |
| Net Income | 407.14M | 390.85M | 305.81M | 273.69M | 258.22M | 246.83M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 20.46B | 20.75B | 19.24B | 19.02B | 19.54B | 20.36B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 8.12B | 8.44B | 1.24B | 1.68B | 889.76M | 3.42B |
| Total Debt | 1.07B | 1.01B | 1.04B | 1.26B | 1.35B | 1.46B |
| Total Liabilities | 16.66B | 16.97B | 16.13B | 16.28B | 17.15B | 17.85B |
| Stockholders Equity | 3.80B | 3.78B | 3.11B | 2.74B | 2.39B | 2.51B |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 318.42M | 231.39M | 338.14M | 319.20M | 284.33M | 184.15M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 342.27M | 248.16M | 363.30M | 345.09M | 302.39M | 201.45M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -985.12M | -463.74M | -633.91M | 1.28B | -2.09B | -466.82M |
| Financing Cash Flow | 470.60M | 1.04B | -172.21M | -835.29M | -728.29M | 1.79B |
Central Bancompany Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (68)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
75 Outperform | $6.49B | 11.22 | 8.77% | 2.73% | 3.99% | 27.92% | |
74 Outperform | $6.77B | 16.63 | 11.60% | 3.66% | ― | ― | |
73 Outperform | $7.98B | 13.85 | 14.87% | 1.97% | 13.70% | 5.91% | |
72 Outperform | $5.57B | 11.39 | 11.29% | 2.85% | 0.57% | 15.88% | |
71 Outperform | $6.30B | 23.62 | 6.83% | 2.89% | 18.22% | 14.79% | |
69 Neutral | $6.12B | 12.29 | 9.26% | 3.77% | 10.93% | 32.14% | |
68 Neutral | $18.00B | 11.42 | 9.92% | 3.81% | 9.73% | 1.22% |
* Financial Sector Average
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Central Bancompany
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