Company Analysis

Bank First Corporation (BFC)

Nasdaq: BFC · National Commercial Banks · Manitowoc, WI · filing with the SEC since 2018
Grade5.4
◀ Past 4.7● Present 6.2▶ Future 5.4

The grade of Bank First Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.4/10
◀ Past4.740% of the headline
● Present6.235% 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?

4.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
4.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2018; the latest 2022-06-03.

weight 45% of this tense · 46th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Bank First Corporation's filings since 2018 show 3 warning events: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 3 times, the latest 2022-06-03) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
7.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+19.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 69th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Bank First Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $45 million in fiscal 2016 to $222 million in fiscal 2025, up 19.5% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 2% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span19.5%top 18% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 31% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 42% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak2.3%top 31% 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: 3 sales, 5 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, Bank First Corporation'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 3 sales and 5 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-29, buying about $335 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 21% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 45% 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?

6.2/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
8.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 11%: 11¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 86%: owes 86¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 80th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Bank First Corporation earned about 11 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 86 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 7% of its family
  • return on equitytop 34% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 18% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
6.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 34% of 79 in its family; net margin 32.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 66th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Bank First Corporation's standing among 79 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $222 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 24% by size; a net margin of 32.2% ranks in the top 9%; revenue growth of 23.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 16% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$222Mbottom 24% of its family
  • net margin32.2%top 9% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth23.9%top 16% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
2.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 20% of 74 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.

weight 22% of this tense · 20th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Bank First Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Molepske, Michael B. (Chairman and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-03-19, 6.7 years (bottom 47% of its family); the 19 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 2.7 years (bottom 2%); 11 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 19 people in charge now (bottom 9%; 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 charge11 in three years among 19 peoplebottom 9% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed2.7 yearsbottom 2% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6.7 yearsbottom 47% 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
6.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 37% of 71 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 71 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Bank First Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $243 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 5.4% of its assets as net cash, top 27% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 23% of revenue (top 47%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets5.4%top 27% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue23.0%top 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
6.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 37% of 79 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Bank First Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 23.9% a year over the last three filed years against 19.5% over all 10, speeding up (bottom 47% of its family); the newest year grew 7.4% (top 28%); capital spending grew 18.5% a year (top 30%) (its annual reports). Bank First Corporation 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+4.4 points a yearbottom 47% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth7.4%top 28% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending18.5%top 30% 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
3.6/10

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

bottom 36% of 76 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 36th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Bank First Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $222 million in fiscal 2025 came in 19.3% below the $275 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 47% of its family); net income of $71 million against a prior three-year average of $62 million (bottom 38%); a net margin of 32.2% against 37.1% before (bottom 24%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-19.3%bottom 47% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+16%bottom 38% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-4.9 pointsbottom 24% 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 BFC · research, not advice