Company Analysis

Colony Bankcorp Inc. (CBAN)

NYSE: CBAN · State Commercial Banks · Fitzgerald, GA · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade3.8
◀ Past 4.0● Present 3.3▶ Future 4.2

The grade of Colony Bankcorp Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.8/10
◀ Past4.040% of the headline
● Present3.335% of the headline
▶ Future4.225% 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?

4.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-11-05.

weight 45% of this tense · 6th percentile among 165 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Colony Bankcorp Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2024-11-05); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2021-04-13); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2020-03-16) (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?

+14.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 70th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Colony Bankcorp Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $45 million in fiscal 2016 to $150 million in fiscal 2025, up 14.4% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span14.4%top 48% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 13% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 44% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 13% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.1% a year. 71% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 22 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 66th percentile among 157 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Colony Bankcorp Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 1.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 71% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 22 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-05, buying about $344 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 36% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 5% 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?

3.3/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
3.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 8%: 8¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 90%: owes 90¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 31st percentile among 161 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Colony Bankcorp Inc. earned about 8 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 1.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 35% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 25% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 32% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 41% of 155 in its family; net margin 18.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 41st percentile among 155 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Colony Bankcorp Inc.'s standing among 155 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $150 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 29% by size; a net margin of 18.8% ranks in the bottom 40%; revenue growth of 17.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 47% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$150Mbottom 29% of its family
  • net margin18.8%bottom 40% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth17.9%top 47% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
2.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 27% of 150 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2018.

weight 22% of this tense · 27th percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Colony Bankcorp Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Fountain, T Heath (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2018-08-13, 8.3 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 5.3 years (bottom 19%); 12 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (bottom 7%; 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 charge12 in three years among 17 peoplebottom 7% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.3 yearsbottom 19% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8.3 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?

4.2/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
0.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 7% of 142 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 7th percentile among 142 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Colony Bankcorp Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $258 million against debt of $258 million leaves 0% of its assets as net cash, bottom 11% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -4.6% of revenue (bottom 4%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets0.0%bottom 11% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-4.6%bottom 4% 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 152 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 44th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Colony Bankcorp Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 17.9% a year over the last three filed years against 14.4% over all 10, speeding up (bottom 46% of its family); the newest year grew 9.3% (top 29%); capital spending grew -22.4% a year (bottom 16%) (its annual reports). Colony Bankcorp Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Mortgage at $7 million, Bank at $109 thousand, Small Business Specialty Lending Division at $0 thousand. 3 of 3 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 99% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+3.5 points a yearbottom 46% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth9.3%top 29% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-22.4%bottom 16% 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
7.4/10

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

top 26% of 150 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 74th percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Colony Bankcorp Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $150 million in fiscal 2025 came in 10.8% below the $168 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 34% of its family); net income of $28 million against a prior three-year average of $22 million (top 23%); a net margin of 18.8% against 18.7% before (top 21%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-10.8%top 34% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+30%top 23% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.1 pointstop 21% 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 CBAN · research, not advice