Company Analysis

Eastern Bankshares, Inc. (EBC)

Nasdaq: EBC · Savings Institution, Federally Chartered · Boston, MA · filing with the SEC since 2020
Grade5.5
◀ Past 5.3● Present 5.0▶ Future 6.4

The grade of Eastern Bankshares, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.5/10
◀ Past5.340% of the headline
● Present5.035% of the headline
▶ Future6.425% 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?

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

Surviving crises

as filed
8.7/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2020.

weight 45% of this tense · 87th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Eastern Bankshares, Inc.'s filings since 2020 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
2.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-2.8% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 8 of 8.

weight 22% of this tense · 20th percentile among 30 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Eastern Bankshares, Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $164 million in fiscal 2018 to $134 million in fiscal 2025, down 2.8% a year; it rose in 3 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 58% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 8 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-2.8%bottom 2% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 5% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 30% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak57.7%bottom 2% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 7.1% a year. 40% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 18 sales, 2 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 30th percentile among 31 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Eastern Bankshares, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 7.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 40% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 18 sales (9 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 2 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-09, buying about $188 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 11% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 50% 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?

5.0/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
3.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 2%: 2¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 86%: owes 86¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 33 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Eastern Bankshares, Inc. earned about 2 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 grew 12.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 29% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 23% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 5% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
7.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 22% of 31 in its family; net margin 65.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 78th percentile among 31 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Eastern Bankshares, Inc.'s standing among 31 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $134 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 40% by size; a net margin of 65.8% ranks in the top 5%; revenue growth of 20.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 21% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$134Mtop 40% of its family
  • net margin65.8%top 5% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth20.1%top 21% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
4.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 44% of 25 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 44th percentile among 25 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Eastern Bankshares, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Sheahan, Denis K (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since the record of its people begins (2024-07-22), so the years before are not on the record and this part is not read; the 23 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.1 years (bottom 31%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 23 people in charge now (top 44%; 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 charge8 in three years among 23 peopletop 44% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.1 yearsbottom 31% 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?

6.4/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 41% of 25 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 59th percentile among 25 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Eastern Bankshares, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $317 million against debt of $215 million leaves 0.3% of its assets as net cash, bottom 23% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 322.5% of revenue (top 5%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets0.3%bottom 23% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue322.5%top 5% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
9.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 3% of 30 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 97th percentile among 30 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Eastern Bankshares, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 20.1% a year over the last three filed years against -2.8% over all 8, speeding up (top 2% of its family); the newest year grew 19.1% (top 5%) (its annual reports). Eastern Bankshares, 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+23.0 points a yeartop 2% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth19.1%top 5% 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
3.5/10

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

bottom 35% of 29 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 35th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Eastern Bankshares, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $134 million in fiscal 2025 came in 1.3% below the $136 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 12% of its family); net income of $88 million against a prior three-year average of $184 million (bottom 16%); a net margin of 65.8% against more than its whole revenue before (bottom 2%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-1.3%top 12% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-52%bottom 16% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averagedown more than 100 pointsbottom 2% 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 EBC · research, not advice