Company Analysis

Amerant Bancorp Inc. (AMTB)

NYSE: AMTB · National Commercial Banks · Coral Gables, FL · filing with the SEC since 2018
Grade3.0
◀ Past 2.2● Present 2.3▶ Future 5.4

The grade of Amerant Bancorp Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.0/10
◀ Past2.240% of the headline
● Present2.335% of the headline
▶ Future5.425% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

2.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
1.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

5 warning events since 2018; the latest 2023-08-03.

weight 45% of this tense · 13th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Amerant Bancorp Inc.'s filings since 2018 show 5 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2023-08-03); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2020-03-20); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2021-03-17) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
2.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+10.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Amerant Bancorp Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $239 million in fiscal 2016 to $597 million in fiscal 2025, up 10.7% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 21% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span10.7%bottom 40% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 41% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 4% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak20.8%bottom 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 6.9% a year. 35% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 3 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 81 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Amerant Bancorp Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 6.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 35% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 3 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-09, buying about $143 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 23% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

2.3/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
1.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 6%: 6¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 90%: owes 90¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 18th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Amerant Bancorp Inc. earned about 6 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 90 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 16.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 28% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 10% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 40% of 79 in its family; net margin 8.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Amerant Bancorp Inc.'s standing among 79 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $597 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 46% by size; a net margin of 8.8% ranks in the bottom 9%; revenue growth of 20.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 35% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$597Mbottom 46% of its family
  • net margin8.8%bottom 9% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth20.8%top 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
0.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 6% of 74 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 6th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Amerant Bancorp Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Iafigliola, Carlos (SEVP Interim Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-01-30, 9 months (bottom 9% of its family); the 24 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.5 years (bottom 5%); 20 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 24 people in charge now (bottom 3%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge20 in three years among 24 peoplebottom 3% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.5 yearsbottom 5% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10 monthsbottom 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.4/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 43% of 71 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 71 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Amerant Bancorp Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $470 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 4.8% of its assets as net cash, top 32% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 21.6% of revenue (bottom 47%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets4.8%top 32% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue21.6%bottom 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.4/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 44% of 79 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 44th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Amerant Bancorp Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 20.8% a year over the last three filed years against 10.7% over all 10, speeding up (top 21% of its family); the newest year grew 0.3% (bottom 32%); capital spending grew -10% a year (bottom 21%) (its annual reports). Amerant Bancorp Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+10.1 points a yeartop 21% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth0.3%bottom 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-10.0%bottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.9/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 41% of 76 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 59th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Amerant Bancorp Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $597 million in fiscal 2025 came in 24.3% below the $790 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 18% of its family); net income of $52 million against a prior three-year average of $27 million (top 12%); a net margin of 8.8% against 7.3% before (top 27%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-24.3%bottom 18% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+96%top 12% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+1.5 pointstop 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton AMTB · research, not advice