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Unity Bancorp

UNTY
68
Banks - Regional · Financial Services
Price
$57.25
-2.01 (-3.39%)
Market Cap
$574.8M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
68
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count falling — buybacks

3.1% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 10.5M (2021) → 10.2M (2025)

Unity Bancorp is a small regional bank headquartered in Clinton, New Jersey. It serves everyday consumers and small to mid-sized businesses in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. The company operates through its main subsidiary, Unity Bank, offering checking and savings accounts, mortgages, small business loans, and other standard banking products.

Unity makes money primarily by collecting interest on loans — especially commercial and residential mortgages — while paying lower interest rates on customer deposits. That gap, called the net interest margin, is the core of its business model. The bank operates roughly 20 branch locations concentrated in central and northern New Jersey. Its competitive position relies on local relationships and community-focused service, which larger national banks often cannot replicate at the same personal level. The main risk Unity faces is interest rate sensitivity — when rates shift, the spread between what it earns on loans and what it pays on deposits can shrink, putting pressure on profitability.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+12.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+24.3% 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

27.4%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$229M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth + cash flow

Unity Bancorp is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 12%. 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.

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Quality

Gross Margin
67.8%
Premium pricing power — 67.8% gross margin
Operating Margin
40.0%
Excellent — 40.0% operating margin
ROCE
3.1%
Weak — 3.1% 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
+26.6%
Fast-growing sales (26.6% YoY)
EPS YoY
+39.7%
Earnings growing fast (39.7% YoY)

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

EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
69%
Modest — 69% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
19.1%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (19.1%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.72
Moderate — manageable debt (0.72)
Interest Cover
1.40x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.4x)

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

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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
-0.5
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.07%
Small dividend — 1.07% yield

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

Dividend Growth
+14.8%
Dividend growing fast (14.8% YoY)

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