Company Analysis

First Business Financial Services, Inc. (FBIZ)

Nasdaq: FBIZ · State Commercial Banks · Madison, WI · filing with the SEC since 2011
Grade4.6
◀ Past 4.5● Present 4.9▶ Future 4.4

The grade of First Business Financial Services, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.6/10
◀ Past4.540% of the headline
● Present4.935% of the headline
▶ Future4.425% 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?

4.5/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
4.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2017-11-01.

weight 45% of this tense · 49th percentile among 165 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

First Business Financial Services, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2017-11-01) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
4.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+13.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

First Business Financial Services, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $78 million in fiscal 2016 to $247 million in fiscal 2025, up 13.7% 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 span13.7%bottom 46% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 29% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 44% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak7.7%bottom 37% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.3% a year. 18% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 157 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, First Business Financial Services, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 18% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $4 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 37% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 20% 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?

4.9/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

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

weight 45% of this tense · 55th percentile among 161 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, First Business Financial Services, 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 grew 0.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 21% of its family
  • return on equitytop 11% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 44% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
5.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 42% of 155 in its family; net margin 20.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 155 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

First Business Financial Services, Inc.'s standing among 155 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $247 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 41% by size; a net margin of 20.3% ranks in the bottom 46%; revenue growth of 26.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 14% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$247Mbottom 41% of its family
  • net margin20.3%bottom 46% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth26.8%top 14% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
2.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 23% of 150 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

First Business Financial Services, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Seiler, David R. (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-05-19, 6 months (bottom 3% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.9 years (top 42%); 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 filed7.9 yearstop 42% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6 monthsbottom 3% 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?

4.4/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 37% of 142 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 37th percentile among 142 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

First Business Financial Services, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $39 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 18% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 24.7% of revenue (top 44%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets1.0%bottom 18% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue24.7%top 44% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 49% of 152 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 51st percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

First Business Financial Services, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 26.8% a year over the last three filed years against 13.7% over all 10, speeding up (top 8% of its family); the newest year grew 6.1% (top 43%); capital spending grew -43.1% a year (bottom 4%) (its annual reports). First Business Financial Services, 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+13.1 points a yeartop 8% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth6.1%top 43% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-43.1%bottom 4% 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
4.4/10

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

bottom 44% of 150 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 44th percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

First Business Financial Services, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $247 million in fiscal 2025 came in 23.4% below the $323 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 17% of its family); net income of $50 million against a prior three-year average of $41 million (top 32%); a net margin of 20.3% against 23.9% before (bottom 46%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-23.4%bottom 17% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+24%top 32% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-3.5 pointsbottom 46% 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 FBIZ · research, not advice