Company Analysis

Old Second Bancorp, Inc. (OSBC)

Nasdaq: OSBC · State Commercial Banks · Aurora, IL · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade5.0
◀ Past 5.4● Present 4.9▶ Future 4.6

The grade of Old Second Bancorp, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.0/10
◀ Past5.440% of the headline
● Present4.935% of the headline
▶ Future4.625% 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?

5.4/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 78th percentile among 165 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Old Second 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
5.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+19.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 56th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Old Second Bancorp, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $73 million in fiscal 2016 to $355 million in fiscal 2025, up 19.2% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 10% 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 span19.2%top 21% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 39% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 44% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak9.8%bottom 27% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
2.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 3.2% a year. 11% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 20 sales, 2 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 20th percentile among 157 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Old Second Bancorp, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 3.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 11% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 20 sales (2 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 2 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-10, buying about $1 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 28% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 11% 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?

4.9/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 9%: 9¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 87%: owes 87¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 46th percentile among 161 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Old Second Bancorp, Inc. earned about 9 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 87 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 8.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 20% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 40% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 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
5.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 46% of 155 in its family; net margin 22.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 155 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Old Second Bancorp, Inc.'s standing among 155 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $355 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 48% by size; a net margin of 22.6% ranks in the top 44%; revenue growth of 17.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 46% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$355Mtop 48% of its family
  • net margin22.6%top 44% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth17.9%top 46% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
4.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 48% of 150 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.

weight 22% of this tense · 48th percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Old Second Bancorp, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Eccher, James (CHAIRMAN AND CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-07-06, 4.4 years (bottom 26% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 9.8 years (top 19%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (bottom 36%; 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 charge6 in three years among 16 peoplebottom 36% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed9.8 yearstop 19% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record4.4 yearsbottom 26% 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?

4.6/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 44% of 142 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 44th percentile among 142 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Old Second Bancorp, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $124 million against debt of $339 million leaves -3.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 6% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 33.2% of revenue (top 18%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-3.1%bottom 6% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue33.2%top 18% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 49% of 152 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 51st percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Old Second Bancorp, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 17.9% a year over the last three filed years against 19.2% over all 10, slowing (bottom 18% of its family); the newest year grew 19.2% (top 10%); capital spending grew 1.3% a year (bottom 43%) (its annual reports). Old Second 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-1.2 points a yearbottom 18% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth19.2%top 10% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending1.3%bottom 43% 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
4.4/10

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

bottom 44% of 150 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 44th percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Old Second Bancorp, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $355 million in fiscal 2025 came in 1.6% above the $349 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 13% of its family); net income of $80 million against a prior three-year average of $81 million (bottom 25%); a net margin of 22.6% against 30.4% before (bottom 20%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace1.6%top 13% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-1%bottom 25% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-7.8 pointsbottom 20% 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 OSBC · research, not advice