Company Analysis

Cass Information Systems, Inc (CASS)

Nasdaq: CASS · Services-Business Services, NEC · St. Louis, MO · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade5.6
◀ Past 6.5● Present 5.4▶ Future 5.3

The grade of Cass Information Systems, Inc

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.6/10
◀ Past6.525% of the headline
● Present5.435% of the headline
▶ Future5.340% 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?

6.5/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 80th percentile among 105 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Cass Information Systems, Inc's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
5.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+4.8% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 99 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cass Information Systems, Inc's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $126 million in fiscal 2016 to $191 million in fiscal 2025, up 4.8% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 8% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span4.8%bottom 26% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 46% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 11% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak7.8%top 50% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.8% a year. 78% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 70 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Cass Information Systems, Inc's diluted share count shrank about 0.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 78% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $19 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 32% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 23% 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?

5.4/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 14%: 14¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 91%: owes 91¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 98 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Cass Information Systems, Inc earned about 14 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 91 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 18% of its family
  • return on equitytop 32% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 25% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 47% of 101 in its family; net margin 18.4%.

weight 45% of this tense · 47th percentile among 101 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cass Information Systems, Inc's standing among 101 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $191 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 24% by size; a net margin of 18.4% ranks in the top 13%; revenue growth of 1.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 30% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$191Mbottom 24% of its family
  • net margin18.4%top 13% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth1.5%bottom 30% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
7.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 30% of 65 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.

weight 22% of this tense · 70th percentile among 65 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cass Information Systems, Inc's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Resch, Martin H. (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-04-24, 3.6 years (bottom 43% of its family); the 18 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.5 years (top 14%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 18 people in charge now (top 19%; 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 charge4 in three years among 18 peopletop 19% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.5 yearstop 14% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record3.6 yearsbottom 43% 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?

5.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 31% of 99 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Cass Information Systems, Inc's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $392 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 15.1% of its assets as net cash, top 30% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 16.7% of revenue (top 32%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets15.1%top 30% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue16.7%top 32% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
4.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 42% of 99 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 99 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cass Information Systems, Inc's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 1.5% a year over the last three filed years against 4.8% over all 10, slowing (bottom 49% of its family); the newest year grew 5.3% (bottom 44%); capital spending grew -1.2% a year (bottom 32%) (its annual reports). Cass Information Systems, Inc reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Information Services at $155 million, Banking Services at $38 million. 2 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 80% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-3.3 points a yearbottom 49% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth5.3%bottom 44% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-1.2%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
5.1/10

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

top 49% of 93 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 51st percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cass Information Systems, Inc's newest year against its own record: revenue of $191 million in fiscal 2025 came in 5.7% above the $181 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 30% of its family); net income of $35 million against a prior three-year average of $28 million (bottom 35%); a net margin of 18.4% against 15.6% before (bottom 47%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace5.7%top 30% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+25%bottom 35% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+2.8 pointsbottom 47% 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 CASS · research, not advice