ECB Bancorp, Inc.

ECBK Financial Banks Regional

ECB Bancorp, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $79.5 million, up 16.5% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 15.4%, EPS grew 127.8%, free cash flow grew 538.4% and total debt rose 7.62%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for five consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

19.80 0.05 −0.25%
Market cap
$173.4M
P/E
13.9×
Fwd P/E
—
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.10
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — 1 — 1 — 1 — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 10.89%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 173.44
Revenue 86.54
Net Income 11.42
Free Cash Flow 22.40
Net Debt 146.79
Current Ratio 1.29
Debt/Equity 1.58
P/E ratio 13.94
Fwd P/E —
P/S ratio 1.83
P/B ratio 0.88
Past 5Y EPS Growth 15.36% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth —
Next Y EPS Growth —
Next Y revenue growth —
Next 5Y EPS Growth —

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 0.12%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 41.97%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 91.72%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 119 158 95 138
Receivables — — — —
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
1,163 1,298 1,472 1,537
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 868 999 1,132 1,193
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
868 999 1,132 1,193

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales — 35.93% 37.54%
Cash Flow — 12.55% 5.87%
Earnings — 9.84% 41.90%
Book Value — 18.69% 1.85%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 22 22 — — —
’25 18 19 21 21 80
’24 16 17 17 18 68
’23 12 14 14 15 56
’22 6 7 8 10 31
’21 6 6 6 6 24
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 3 12 — — —
’25 (1) 2 4 4 9
’24 0 1 1 4 6
’23 1 2 0 3 6
’22 1 1 3 3 8
’21 2 2 1 2 6
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 3 12 — — —
’25 (1) 2 4 4 9
’24 0 1 1 4 6
’23 1 2 0 3 6
’22 1 1 3 3 8
’21 2 2 1 2 6
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.38 0.39 — — —
’25 0.16 0.17 0.29 0.31 0.94
’24 0.07 0.09 0.14 0.17 0.48
’23 0.11 0.17 0.16 0.09 0.52
’22 — — (0.12) 0.12 0.32
’21 — — — — 0.38
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low — — — — — — 13.82 9.82 11.39 12.56

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High — — — — — — 16.91 16.49 15.75 17.75
People
People Employees — — — — — — 66 68 64 64
Revenue/emp, $m — — — — 0.00 0.00 0.46 0.82 1.07 1.24
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue — — — — 17 24 31 56 68 80
Gross margin, % — — — — 0.00 84.40 81.95 46.29 38.40 41.81
EBT — — — — 7 5 3 6 5 10
EBT margin, % — — — — 38.13 23.19 11.44 10.72 7.87 13.05
Net income — — — — 5 4 3 4 4 8
Depreciation — — — — — 1 0 0 1 0
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue — — — — 1.61 2.22 3.61 6.59 8.27 9.82
Earnings — — — — 0.46 0.38 0.32 0.53 0.48 0.96
Cash flow — — — — 0.48 0.61 0.92 0.76 0.75 1.14
Capex — — — — 0.00 (0.01) (0.03) (0.04) (0.01) (0.03)
Free cash flow — — — — 0.48 0.60 0.89 0.72 0.75 1.11
Book value — — — — 6.86 7.26 19.24 19.48 20.38 21.23
Shares, m — — — — 11 11 8 8 8 8
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E — — — — 46.71 46.71 46.71 23.79 30.29 18.11
P/S — — — — 0.00 0.00 4.48 1.91 1.79 1.77
P/B — — — — 0.00 0.00 0.84 0.65 0.73 0.82
EV/Sales — — — — (1.01) (1.01) 8.14 3.97 2.91 4.16
EV/FCF — — — — (6.33) (6.33) 32.91 36.35 32.23 36.73
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow — — — — 5 6 8 6 6 9
Capex — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0
Free cash flow — — — — 5 6 8 6 6 9
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital — — — — — 1 233 294 300 340
Total debt — — — — 18 9 174 234 234 285
Net debt — — — — 18 (44) 112 115 76 190
Shareholders’ equity — — — — 73 77 163 165 168 172
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA — — — — 0.00 0.64 0.31 0.38 0.30 0.51
ROIC — — — — 0.00 10.27 0.80 1.34 1.37 1.79
ROE — — — — 0.00 5.38 2.27 2.72 2.40 4.57
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

ECB Bancorp, Inc. vs peers in Banks Regional (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
LARK Landmark Bancorp Inc. $192.5M 9.5× 5.6× +2.62% (above 0%: growing) +21.58% (above 0%: growing) +828.81% (above 0%: growing) 78.76% 0.00% Compare
BVFL BV Financial, Inc. $184.2M 14.1× — −2.37% (below 0%: shrinking) +48.28% (above 0%: growing) +1.43% (above 0%: growing) 78.95% 0.00% Compare
SBFG SB Financial Group, Inc. $183.5M 11.0× 8.8× +5.49% (above 0%: growing) +20.00% (above 0%: growing) +255.74% (above 0%: growing) 72.32% 0.00% Compare
FNWD Finward Bancorp $181.0M 18.3× 12.2× +0.43% (above 0%: growing) −2.00% (below 0%: shrinking) +0.22% (above 0%: growing) 69.03% 0.00% Compare
ECBK ECB Bancorp, Inc. $173.4M 13.9× — +15.35% (above 0%: growing) +127.78% (above 0%: growing) +538.43% (above 0%: growing) 46.07% 0.00%
MNSB MainStreet Bank $172.8M 11.8× 10.9× −6.70% (below 0%: shrinking) +9.43% (above 0%: growing) +286.64% (above 0%: growing) 57.99% 0.00% Compare
BAFN BayFirst Financial Corp. $170.8M — (loss-making) — −70.88% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −99.45% (below 0%: shrinking) 27.34% 0.00% Compare
HNVR Hanover Bancorp, Inc. $170.6M 19.0× 11.2× −2.10% (below 0%: shrinking) +66.67% (above 0%: growing) +972.77% (above 0%: growing) 56.13% 0.00% Compare
EBMT Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc. $164.7M 10.2× 11.3× −1.03% (below 0%: shrinking) +11.90% (above 0%: growing) −301.01% (below 0%: shrinking) 76.37% 0.00% Compare
Median of peers $176.9M 11.8× 11.1× −1.56% +20.00% +128.59% 70.68% 0.00%

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ECB Bancorp, Inc. (ECBK) key facts

  • Strength: ECB Bancorp, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $79.5 million, up 16.5% from fiscal 2024.
  • Strength: Net income was $7.8 million, or $0.96 per share (basic), a net margin of 9.78%.
  • ECB Bancorp, Inc. (ECBK) is a Banks Regional company in the Financial sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, ECBK traded at $19.80, a market capitalization of $173.4 million.
  • At that price the stock trades at 13.9× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.8× sales; its P/E is higher than 0% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Return on equity was 4.57% and debt-to-equity 1.58.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 8 out of 9 for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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