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Kentucky First Federal Ban

KFFB
46
Banks - Regional · Financial Services
Price
$5.20
+0.16 (+3.17%)
Market Cap
$42.1M
Winston Score
46
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

1.4% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 8.2M (2021) → 8.1M (2025)

Kentucky First Federal Bancorp is a small community bank holding company based in Hazard, Kentucky. It operates through subsidiary banks that offer basic financial services — savings accounts, checking accounts, and home mortgage loans — mainly to everyday customers and families in rural Kentucky communities. It is one of the few remaining small mutual savings bank-style institutions focused almost entirely on residential lending in Appalachian Kentucky.

The company earns money primarily through the difference between the interest it charges on mortgage loans and the interest it pays out on deposits, known as net interest income. It operates entirely within Kentucky, making it a hyper-local institution with a very small balance sheet and limited geographic diversification. The main risk the business faces is its thin profitability — a return on invested capital of just 0.4% signals the bank struggles to generate meaningful earnings — and rising interest rates or local economic weakness in its already-challenged regional market could put further pressure on margins.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+9.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

>+1,000% 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

62.5%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$21M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

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

Growth context

Kentucky First Federal Ban is growing revenue at 10% 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
54.9%
Healthy — 54.9% gross margin
Operating Margin
14.0%
Healthy — 14.0% operating margin
ROCE
0.8%
Weak — 0.8% 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
+9.8%
Steady sales growth (9.8% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
43%
Weak — only 43% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
1.2%
Thin free cash flow (1.2%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.99
Moderate — manageable debt (0.99)
Interest Cover
0.14x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.1x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
39.4x
Pricey — P/E 39.4

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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