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First Business Financial Services

FBIZ
57
Banks - Regional · Financial Services
Price
$65.70
-0.83 (-1.25%)
Market Cap
$549.4M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
57
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count falling — buybacks

1.9% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 8.3M (2021) → 8.2M (2025)

First Business Financial Services is a regional bank based in Wisconsin that focuses almost entirely on serving small and medium-sized businesses rather than everyday consumers. Its core services include business loans, equipment financing, accounts receivable financing, and treasury management tools. It also operates a specialty unit that handles SBA loans and private wealth services for business owners.

The company makes money primarily through interest income on loans and fees from its business banking services. It operates mainly in Wisconsin, Kansas, and Missouri, with roughly $3.5 billion in total assets, making it a small but focused player in the regional banking space. Its competitive edge comes from specializing in business clients rather than competing broadly with large consumer banks, but like all regional banks, it faces real risk from rising credit losses if the economy slows and small business borrowers struggle to repay loans.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+5.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+12.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

6.5%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$137M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

First Business Financial Services is growing revenue at 5% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
58.5%
Premium pricing power — 58.5% gross margin
Operating Margin
20.3%
Excellent — 20.3% operating margin
ROCE
2.1%
Weak — 2.1% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+5.9%
Slow sales growth (5.9% YoY)
EPS YoY
+11.6%
Earnings growing (11.6% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
104%
Turns 104% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
18.7%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (18.7%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.80
Moderate — manageable debt (0.80)
Interest Cover
0.55x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.6x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
10.7x
Attractive valuation — P/E 10.7

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward
+0.4
GROWING
Earnings roughly flat

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.97%
Small dividend — 1.97% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
+16.7%
Dividend growing fast (16.7% YoY)

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