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JBT Bancorp

JBTC
58
Banks - Regional · Financial Services
Price
$39.25
-0.25 (-0.63%)
Market Cap
$95.5M
Winston Score
58
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

JBT Bancorp is a small community bank holding company based in California. It offers everyday banking services like checking and savings accounts, loans, and deposit products to individuals and small businesses in its local market. Community banks like JBT Bancorp focus on serving customers in a specific region rather than competing nationally.

The company makes money primarily through net interest income — it takes in deposits and lends that money out at higher interest rates, keeping the difference as profit. With a market cap of around $100 million, it is a very small bank with operations concentrated in California. Its competitive edge comes from local relationships and personalized service, which larger banks often cannot match. The main risk it faces is interest rate sensitivity — when rates shift, the gap between what it earns on loans and what it pays on deposits can shrink, putting pressure on earnings.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+17.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+63.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

17.4%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$16M cash & investments

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

Growth + cash flow

JBT Bancorp is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 17%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

Share count broadly stable

+0.0% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 2.4M (2021) → 2.4M (2025)

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Quality

Gross Margin
70.2%
Premium pricing power — 70.2% gross margin
Operating Margin
22.1%
Excellent — 22.1% operating margin
ROCE
2.4%
Weak — 2.4% 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
+11.8%
Steady sales growth (11.8% YoY)
EPS YoY
+32.2%
Earnings growing fast (32.2% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

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

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
0%
Weak — only 0% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
0.0%
Thin free cash flow (0.0%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.64
Moderate — manageable debt (0.64)
Interest Cover
0.76x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.8x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
9.5x
Attractive valuation — P/E 9.5

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Dividends

Dividend Yield
3.20%
Moderate income — 3.20% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend Growth
+15.4%
Dividend growing fast (15.4% YoY)

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