Company Analysis

Five Star Bancorp (FSBC)

Nasdaq: FSBC · State Commercial Banks · Rancho Cordova, CA · filing with the SEC since 2004
Grade5.2
◀ Past 4.2● Present 5.0▶ Future 7.1

The grade of Five Star Bancorp

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.2/10
◀ Past4.240% of the headline
● Present5.035% of the headline
▶ Future7.125% 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?

4.2/1040% 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 2025-06-09.

weight 45% of this tense · 35th percentile among 165 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Five Star Bancorp's filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2025-06-09) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
8.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+27.3% a year over 6 filed years; profitable in 6 of 6.

weight 22% of this tense · 81st percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Five Star Bancorp's 6 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $74 million in fiscal 2020 to $249 million in fiscal 2025, up 27.3% a year; it rose in 5 of 5 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 6 of 6 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span27.3%top 7% 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
2.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 7.4% a year. 28% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 16 sales, 7 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 26th percentile among 157 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Five Star Bancorp's diluted share count grew about 7.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 28% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 16 sales and 7 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-09, buying about $6 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 14% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 37% 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
4.7/10

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 · 47th percentile among 161 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Five Star Bancorp 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 5.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 26% of its family
  • return on equitytop 8% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 22% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
6.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 34% of 155 in its family; net margin 24.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 66th percentile among 155 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Five Star Bancorp's standing among 155 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $249 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 42% by size; a net margin of 24.7% ranks in the top 33%; revenue growth of 28.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 11% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$249Mbottom 42% of its family
  • net margin24.7%top 33% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth28.3%top 11% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
3.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 34% of 150 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 34th percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Five Star Bancorp's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Beckwith, James Eugene (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-05-04, 5.5 years (bottom 34% of its family); the 20 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.5 years (bottom 26%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 20 people in charge now (bottom 43%; 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 20 peoplebottom 43% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.5 yearsbottom 26% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5.5 yearsbottom 34% 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?

7.1/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
8.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 18% of 142 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 142 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Five Star Bancorp's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $507 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 10.7% of its assets as net cash, top 10% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 28.7% of revenue (top 27%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets10.7%top 10% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue28.7%top 27% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 33% of 152 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 67th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Five Star Bancorp's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 28.3% a year over the last three filed years against 27.3% over all 6, speeding up (bottom 32% of its family); the newest year grew 20.3% (top 8%); capital spending grew 35.5% a year (top 22%) (its annual reports). Five Star Bancorp 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+0.9 points a yearbottom 32% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth20.3%top 8% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending35.5%top 22% 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
6.4/10

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

top 36% of 150 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Five Star Bancorp's newest year against its own record: revenue of $249 million in fiscal 2025 came in 9.2% below the $274 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 30% of its family); net income of $62 million against a prior three-year average of $46 million (top 19%); a net margin of 24.7% against 29.1% before (bottom 40%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-9.2%top 30% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+34%top 19% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-4.4 pointsbottom 40% 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 FSBC · research, not advice