Company Analysis

NBT Bancorp Inc. (NBTB)

Nasdaq: NBTB · National Commercial Banks · Norwich, NY · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade5.6
◀ Past 5.6● Present 4.8▶ Future 6.9

The grade of NBT Bancorp Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.6/10
◀ Past5.640% of the headline
● Present4.835% of the headline
▶ Future6.925% 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?

5.6/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

NBT Bancorp Inc.'s filings since 2017 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

as filed
4.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+10.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 45th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

NBT Bancorp Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $287 million in fiscal 2016 to $711 million in fiscal 2025, up 10.6% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 8% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span10.6%bottom 36% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 41% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 42% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak7.5%bottom 46% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 5.6% a year. 35% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 8 sales, 5 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 36th percentile among 81 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, NBT Bancorp Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 5.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 35% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 8 sales and 5 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $2 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 26% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 46% 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?

4.8/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 9%: 9¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 88%: owes 88¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, NBT Bancorp Inc. earned about 9 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 88 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 7.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 32% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 33% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 25% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
6.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 38% of 79 in its family; net margin 23.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

NBT Bancorp Inc.'s standing among 79 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $711 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 47% by size; a net margin of 23.8% ranks in the top 42%; revenue growth of 22.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 23% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$711Mtop 47% of its family
  • net margin23.8%top 42% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth22.8%top 23% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
3.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 39% of 74 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 39th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

NBT Bancorp Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Kingsley, Scott Allen (President & CEO NBT Bancorp, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-05-22, 2.5 years (bottom 19% of its family); the 23 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.1 years (bottom 36%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 23 people in charge now (top 37%; 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 23 peopletop 37% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.1 yearsbottom 36% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.5 yearsbottom 19% 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?

6.9/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 33% of 71 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 67th percentile among 71 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

NBT Bancorp Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $487 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 3% of its assets as net cash, top 44% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 30.8% of revenue (top 21%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets3.0%top 44% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue30.8%top 21% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
8.4/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 16% of 79 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 84th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

NBT Bancorp Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 22.8% a year over the last three filed years against 10.6% over all 10, speeding up (top 13% of its family); the newest year grew 16.2% (top 13%); capital spending grew 32.5% a year (top 21%) (its annual reports). NBT 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+12.2 points a yeartop 13% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth16.2%top 13% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending32.5%top 21% 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
5.5/10

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

top 45% of 76 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

NBT Bancorp Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $711 million in fiscal 2025 came in 7.9% below the $772 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 19% of its family); net income of $169 million against a prior three-year average of $137 million (top 44%); a net margin of 23.8% against 28.4% before (bottom 28%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-7.9%top 19% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+23%top 44% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-4.6 pointsbottom 28% 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 NBTB · research, not advice