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Bank of Labor Bancshares

BHDB
51
Banks - Regional · Financial Services
Price
$112.50
-7.50 (-6.25%)
Market Cap
$38.5M
Winston Score
51
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Based on the IPO prospectus (annual filing). This score will refine automatically once the company reports its first quarters.

Share count falling — buybacks

5.1% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 361K (2021) → 342K (2025)

Bank of Labor Bancshares is the holding company for Bank of Labor, a community bank based in Kansas City, Kansas. The bank offers standard banking services — checking and savings accounts, loans, and certificates of deposit — primarily to union members, labor organizations, and working-class individuals. It has a long history of serving organized labor, which sets it apart from typical community banks.

The bank makes money the traditional way: it collects deposits and earns interest by lending that money out as mortgages, personal loans, and business loans. It operates mainly in the Kansas City metro area, making it a small, locally focused institution. Its niche focus on union-affiliated customers gives it a loyal deposit base, but that same narrow focus limits how large it can realistically grow. The main risk is that declining union membership in the U.S. over time could gradually shrink its core customer base.

Winston Score History

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Quality

Gross Margin
79.0%
no trend
Premium pricing power — 79.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
21.7%
no trend
Excellent — 21.7% operating margin
ROCE
21.2%
no trend
Exceptional — 21.2% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales YoY
-0.1%
no trend
Shrinking sales (-0.1% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
no trend
Data not available
EPS Consistency
N/A
no trend
Data not available

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
173%
no trend
Turns 173% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
17.4%
no trend
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (17.4%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.30
no trend
Conservative — low debt load (0.30)
Interest Cover
1.03x
no trend
Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.0x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
no trend
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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