Company Analysis

Banc of California, Inc. (BANC)

NYSE: BANC · National Commercial Banks · Santa Ana, CA · filing with the SEC since 2002
Grade3.0
◀ Past 1.5● Present 4.0▶ Future 4.0

The grade of Banc of California, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.0/10
◀ Past1.540% of the headline
● Present4.035% of the headline
▶ Future4.025% 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?

1.5/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
1.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

4 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-05-20.

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

From the record

Banc of California, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 4 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2017-03-08); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 3 times, the latest 2024-05-20) (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?

+18.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

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

From the record

Banc of California, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $370 million in fiscal 2016 to $1.7 billion in fiscal 2025, up 18.3% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 31% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span18.3%top 23% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 3% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 11% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak31.3%bottom 3% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
1.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 27.9% a year. 25% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 13 sales, 2 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 13th percentile among 81 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Banc of California, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 27.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 25% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 13 sales and 2 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-02, buying about $395 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 2% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 25% 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?

4.0/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.9/10

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 · 49th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Banc of California, 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 shrank 4.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 43% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 11% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 7% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
2.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 29% of 79 in its family; net margin 13.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 29th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Banc of California, Inc.'s standing among 79 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.7 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 29% by size; a net margin of 13.7% ranks in the bottom 13%; revenue growth of 2.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 3% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.68Btop 29% of its family
  • net margin13.7%bottom 13% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth2.5%bottom 3% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
3.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 37% of 74 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2019.

weight 22% of this tense · 37th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Banc of California, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Wolff, Jared M (CHAIRMAN AND CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2019-03-20, 7.7 years (top 46% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.5 years (bottom 6%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (bottom 49%; 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 charge6 in three years among 17 peoplebottom 49% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.5 yearsbottom 6% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record7.7 yearstop 46% 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?

4.0/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
2.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 23% of 71 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 71 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Banc of California, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $2.3 billion against debt of $2.1 billion leaves 0.7% of its assets as net cash, bottom 30% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 14% of revenue (bottom 17%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets0.7%bottom 30% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue14.0%bottom 17% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
1.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 12% of 79 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 12th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Banc of California, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 2.5% a year over the last three filed years against 18.3% over all 10, slowing (bottom 1% of its family); the newest year grew -7.5% (bottom 3%); capital spending grew 1.1% a year (bottom 32%) (its annual reports). Banc of California, 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-15.8 points a yearbottom 1% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-7.5%bottom 3% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending1.1%bottom 32% 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
8.6/10

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

top 14% of 76 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 86th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Banc of California, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.7 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 14.3% below the $2.0 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 39% of its family); net income of $229 million against a prior three-year average of $450 million (top 3%); a net margin of 13.7% against -20.7% before (top 1%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-14.3%top 39% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+151%top 3% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+34.4 pointstop 1% 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 BANC · research, not advice