Community Financial System, Inc.

CBU Financial Banks Regional

Community Financial System, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.0 billion, up 7.44% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+6.18%
EPS
+11.5%
Free cash flow
+16.0%
Total debt
−21.9%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

64.94 0.79 −1.20%
Market cap
$3.4B
P/E
14.7×
Fwd P/E
13.6×
Dividend yield
2.93%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Community Financial System, Inc. (CBU) Return on invested capital

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Community Financial System, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 9.50%, up 1.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.96%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.34% (fiscal 2023) to 65.6% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Banks Regional industry median of 8.45% and above the Financial sector median of 4.70%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 7.96% 1.54
FY2024 6.42% 1.08
FY2023 5.34% (1.84)
FY2022 7.18% (58.39)
FY2021 65.6% 41.40
FY2020 24.2% 16.36
FY2019 7.81% (0.47)
FY2018 8.28% 0.73
FY2017 7.55% (1.12)
FY2016 8.67% 2.41

Against its own ten years

Low 5.34% High 65.6%
Ten-year median 7.81%
Current reading's percentile 64

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
TOWN Towne Bank compare 19.6%
PRK Park National Corporation compare 13.2%
FIBK First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. compare 11.6%
MCHB Mechanics Bancorp compare 11.0%
NIC Nicolet Bankshares Inc. compare 9.55%
CBU Community Financial System, Inc. 9.50%
FFBC First Financial Bancorp. compare 7.45%
SBCF Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida compare 5.28%
SFNC Simmons First National Corporation compare 4.71%
Banks Regional industry median 8.45%
Financial sector median 4.70%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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