Company Analysis

FS Bancorp, Inc. (FSBW)

Nasdaq: FSBW · Savings Institutions, Not Federally Chartered · Mountlake Terrace, WA · filing with the SEC since 2011
Grade4.8
◀ Past 4.6● Present 5.6▶ Future 4.0

The grade of FS Bancorp, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.8/10
◀ Past4.640% of the headline
● Present5.635% of the headline
▶ Future4.025% 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?

4.6/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2025-06-04.

weight 45% of this tense · 39th percentile among 23 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

FS Bancorp, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2025-06-04) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
6.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+20.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

FS Bancorp, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $38 million in fiscal 2016 to $197 million in fiscal 2025, up 20.1% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 1% 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 span20.1%top 29% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 45% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 29% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.9%top 45% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.0% a year. 22% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 13 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, FS Bancorp, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 1.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 22% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 13 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-10 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 40% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 31% 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?

5.6/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 11%: 11¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 90%: owes 90¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 23 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, FS Bancorp, Inc. earned about 11 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 shrank 3.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 15% of its family
  • return on equitytop 24% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 17% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
6.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 37% of 22 in its family; net margin 16.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

FS Bancorp, Inc.'s standing among 22 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $197 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 25% by size; a net margin of 16.9% ranks in the top 39%; revenue growth of 18.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 48% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$197Mtop 25% of its family
  • net margin16.9%top 39% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth18.4%top 48% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
4.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 40% of 16 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 40th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

FS Bancorp, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Mullet, Matthew D. (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-02-10, 9 months (bottom 12% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.3 years (top 25%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (bottom 34%; 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 charge10 in three years among 17 peoplebottom 34% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.3 yearstop 25% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10 monthsbottom 12% 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?

4.0/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 36% of 19 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 36th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

FS Bancorp, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $28 million against debt of $129 million leaves -3.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 3% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 26.3% of revenue (top 30%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-3.2%bottom 3% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue26.3%top 30% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 45% of 19 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

FS Bancorp, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 18.4% a year over the last three filed years against 20.1% over all 10, slowing (bottom 13% of its family); the newest year grew 6.7% (top 45%); capital spending grew 135.9% a year (top 3%) (its annual reports). FS 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-1.6 points a yearbottom 13% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth6.7%top 45% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending135.9%top 3% 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
2.8/10

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

bottom 28% of 17 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 28th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

FS Bancorp, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $197 million in fiscal 2025 came in 14.5% below the $231 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 50% of its family); net income of $33 million against a prior three-year average of $34 million (bottom 9%); a net margin of 16.9% against 21.8% before (bottom 26%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-14.5%top 50% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-1%bottom 9% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-4.9 pointsbottom 26% 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 FSBW · research, not advice