Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc. (LSBK)

Nasdaq: LSBK · Savings Institution, Federally Chartered · Dunkirk, NY · filing with the SEC since 2025

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Grade6.3

◀ Past 6.5● Present 6.3▶ Future 5.8

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The grade of Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

6.3/10

◀ Past6.540% of the headline

● Present6.335% of the headline

▶ Future5.825% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 5 read as filed from the record and 4 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.5/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed

8.7/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2025.

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

From the record

Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc.'s filings since 2025 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

SI estimate

4.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

SI estimate 4.5/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 30 sector filers · read for its customers

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: Fewer than three filed years of revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 30 members with one.
What the record cannot read: Fewer than three filed years of revenue on file.
How it was reasoned: family median, 30 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc.'s track record is put at 4.5 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because fewer than three filed years of revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 30 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Shareholder treatment

as filed

5.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.3% a year. 27% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 31 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the fiscal year to 2025-12-31, Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 1.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 27% of its operating cash flow over 2 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

the share count over the yearstop 38% 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?

6.3/1035% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

6.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 5%: 5¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 81%: owes 81¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 65th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc. earned about 5 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 81 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetstop 17% of its family
return on equitybottom 44% of its family
the share count against the year beforetop 32% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed

3.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 36% of 31 in its family; net margin 20%.

weight 33% of this tense · 36th percentile among 31 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc.'s standing among 31 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $36 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 21% by size; a net margin of 20% ranks in the top 31%; revenue growth of 4.3% a year over the last 1 filed years ranks in the bottom 18% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$36.3Mbottom 21% of its family
net margin20.0%top 31% of its family
three-year revenue growth4.3%bottom 18% of its family

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

Leadership

SI estimate

9.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 9.8/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 98th percentile among 31 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: Read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 2% of 31 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2025-07-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 1.3 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
What the record cannot read: The record of its people begins on 2025-07-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 1.3 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned: one part: officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge, the one part on file, ranked among 31 in its family.
Confidence: 35 of 100
What would change it: A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc.'s leadership is put at 9.8 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 2% of 31 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2025-07-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 1.3 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.8/1025% of the headline grade · 1 of 3 filed, 2 estimated

Room to expand

as filed

7.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 22% of 25 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 78th percentile among 25 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $64 million against debt of $0 thousand leaves 8.8% of its assets as net cash, top 16% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 22% of revenue (top 28%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets8.8%top 16% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue22.0%top 28% of its family

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

Growth drivers

SI estimate

5.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

SI estimate 5.2/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 30 sector filers · read for its customers

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: The record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 30 members with one.
What the record cannot read: The record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending.
How it was reasoned: family median, 30 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc.'s growth drivers is put at 5.2 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 30 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Expectations vs reality

SI estimate

4.4/10

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

SI estimate 4.4/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 29 members with one.
What the record cannot read: The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change.
How it was reasoned: family median, 29 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc.'s expectations vs reality is put at 4.4 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 29 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

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

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