Company Analysis

U.S. Bancorp (USB)

NYSE: USB · National Commercial Banks · Minneapolis, MN · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.4
◀ Past 5.5● Present 5.3▶ Future 5.6

The grade of U.S. Bancorp

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.4/10
◀ Past5.540% of the headline
● Present5.335% of the headline
▶ Future5.625% 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?

5.5/1040% 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

U.S. Bancorp'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
2.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

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

weight 22% of this tense · 28th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

U.S. Bancorp's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $13 billion in fiscal 2016 to $31 billion in fiscal 2025, up 10% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 23% 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 span10.0%bottom 30% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 16% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 42% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak22.9%bottom 7% 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 grew 1.5% a year. 36% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 9 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 81 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, U.S. Bancorp's diluted share count grew about 1.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 36% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 9 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 yearsbottom 42% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 47% 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?

5.3/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 12%: 12¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 91%: owes 91¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, U.S. Bancorp earned about 12 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 shrank 0.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 27% of its family
  • return on equitytop 30% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 42% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
7.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 27% of 79 in its family; net margin 24.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

U.S. Bancorp's standing among 79 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $31 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 8% by size; a net margin of 24.4% ranks in the top 31%; revenue growth of 19.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 42% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$30.97Btop 8% of its family
  • net margin24.4%top 31% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth19.9%top 42% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
2.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 24% of 74 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 24th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

U.S. Bancorp's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Kedia, Gunjan (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-02-12, 9 months (bottom 6% of its family); the 24 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.9 years (top 48%); 12 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 24 people in charge now (bottom 14%; 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 charge12 in three years among 24 peoplebottom 14% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.9 yearstop 48% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10 monthsbottom 6% 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?

5.6/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 27% of 71 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 71 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

U.S. Bancorp's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $47 billion against no long-term debt tagged leaves 6.8% of its assets as net cash, top 20% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 25.7% of revenue (top 34%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets6.8%top 20% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue25.7%top 34% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
4.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 49% of 79 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 49th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

U.S. Bancorp's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 19.9% a year over the last three filed years against 10% over all 10, speeding up (top 22% of its family); the newest year grew -2.2% (bottom 20%) (its annual reports). U.S. 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+9.9 points a yeartop 22% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-2.2%bottom 20% 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
4.7/10

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

bottom 47% of 76 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 47th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

U.S. Bancorp's newest year against its own record: revenue of $31 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 26.4% below the $42 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 10% of its family); net income of $7.6 billion against a prior three-year average of $5.9 billion (top 34%); a net margin of 24.4% against 23.5% before (top 36%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-26.4%bottom 10% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+29%top 34% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+1.0 pointstop 36% 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 USB · research, not advice