Company Analysis

Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc. (FDBC)

Nasdaq: FDBC · National Commercial Banks · Dunmore, PA · filing with the SEC since 1999
Grade4.8
◀ Past 4.4● Present 4.4▶ Future 6.1

The grade of Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.8/10
◀ Past4.440% of the headline
● Present4.435% of the headline
▶ Future6.125% 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?

4.4/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2023-12-05.

weight 45% of this tense · 35th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2023-12-05) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
7.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+17.8% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 78th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $27 million in fiscal 2016 to $120 million in fiscal 2025, up 17.8% 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 span17.8%top 26% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 9% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 42% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 9% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.7% a year. 25% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 9 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 35th percentile among 81 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 25% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 9 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-06, buying about $676 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 47% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 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?

4.4/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 12%: 12¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 91%: owes 91¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 47th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc. earned about 12 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 0.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 16% of its family
  • return on equitytop 23% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 47% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
3.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 35% of 79 in its family; net margin 23.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 35th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc.'s standing among 79 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $120 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 18% by size; a net margin of 23.5% ranks in the top 45%; revenue growth of 15.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 32% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$120Mbottom 18% of its family
  • net margin23.5%top 45% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth15.1%bottom 32% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
5.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 47% of 74 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2016.

weight 22% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 74 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Santaniello, Daniel J (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2016-02-04, 10.8 years (top 27% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.5 years (bottom 48%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (bottom 38%; 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 charge7 in three years among 17 peoplebottom 38% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.5 yearsbottom 48% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10.8 yearstop 27% 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?

6.1/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 44% of 71 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 56th percentile among 71 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $148 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 5.4% of its assets as net cash, top 28% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 20.7% of revenue (bottom 40%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets5.4%top 28% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue20.7%bottom 40% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 36% of 79 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 15.1% a year over the last three filed years against 17.8% over all 10, slowing (bottom 17% of its family); the newest year grew 12% (top 17%); capital spending grew 47% a year (top 7%) (its annual reports). Fidelity D & D Bancorp, 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-2.7 points a yearbottom 17% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth12.0%top 17% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending47.0%top 7% 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
6.3/10

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

top 37% of 76 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 76 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $120 million in fiscal 2025 came in 4% below the $125 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 15% of its family); net income of $28 million against a prior three-year average of $23 million (top 47%); a net margin of 23.5% against 25.7% before (bottom 49%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-4.0%top 15% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+23%top 47% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-2.1 pointsbottom 49% 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 FDBC · research, not advice