Investar Holding Corporation

NasdaqGM:ISTR Stock Report

Market Cap: US$229.4m

Investar Holding Valuation

Is ISTR undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of ISTR when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

US$52.02
Fair Value
52.4% undervalued intrinsic discount
3
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: ISTR ($24.74) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($52.02)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ISTR is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ISTR?

Key metric: As ISTR is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ISTR. This is calculated by dividing ISTR's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ISTR's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio10.8x
EarningsUS$22.55m
Market CapUS$229.43m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does ISTR's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for ISTR vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average9.5x
HWBK Hawthorn Bancshares
10.1xn/aUS$207.3m
MFGI Merchants Financial Group
9.7xn/aUS$214.1m
EXSR Exchange Bank (Santa Rosa CA)
7.5xn/aUS$198.9m
FVCB FVCBankcorp
10.9x7.50%US$221.6m
ISTR Investar Holding
10.8x40.60%US$229.4m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ISTR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.8x) compared to the peer average (9.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ISTR's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Banks Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FRCB First Republic Bank
0.02xn/aUS$27.98m
OCNB Oconomowoc Bancshares
0.6xn/aUS$9.93m
SBNY Signature Bank
0.002xn/aUS$2.18m
BCBH.F Caribbean Investment Holdings
0.00001xn/aUS$132.00
No more companies available in this PE range
ISTR 10.8xIndustry Avg. 11.2xNo. of Companies112PE0612182430+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ISTR is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.8x) compared to the US Banks industry average (11.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ISTR's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ISTR PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio10.8x
Fair PE Ratio16.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ISTR is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.7x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ISTR forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$24.74
US$28.08
+13.51%
2.34%US$29.00US$27.50n/a3
Oct ’26US$23.01
US$27.25
+18.43%
0.92%US$27.50US$27.00n/a2
Sep ’26US$23.44
US$27.25
+16.25%
0.92%US$27.50US$27.00n/a2
Aug ’26US$21.27
US$27.25
+28.11%
0.92%US$27.50US$27.00n/a2
Jul ’26US$20.44
US$24.58
+20.27%
7.06%US$27.00US$23.00n/a3
Jun ’26US$19.01
US$22.92
+20.55%
3.13%US$23.75US$22.00n/a3
May ’26US$18.92
US$22.92
+21.12%
3.13%US$23.75US$22.00n/a3
Apr ’26US$17.41
US$22.75
+30.67%
5.46%US$23.75US$21.00n/a3
Mar ’26US$18.73
US$22.75
+21.46%
5.46%US$23.75US$21.00n/a3
Feb ’26US$19.07
US$23.63
+23.89%
0.53%US$23.75US$23.50n/a2
Jan ’26US$21.96
US$25.25
+14.98%
8.91%US$27.50US$23.00n/a2
Dec ’25US$23.82
US$25.25
+6.00%
8.91%US$27.50US$23.00n/a2
Nov ’25US$20.81
US$23.50
+12.93%
2.13%US$24.00US$23.00n/a2
Oct ’25US$18.80
US$20.50
+9.04%
2.44%US$21.00US$20.00US$23.012
Sep ’25US$18.62
US$20.50
+10.10%
2.44%US$21.00US$20.00US$23.442
Aug ’25US$17.52
US$20.50
+17.01%
2.44%US$21.00US$20.00US$21.272
Jul ’25US$15.22
US$19.50
+28.12%
2.56%US$20.00US$19.00US$20.442
Apr ’25US$16.35
US$20.33
+24.36%
1.16%US$20.50US$20.00US$17.413
Mar ’25US$15.75
US$20.33
+29.10%
1.16%US$20.50US$20.00US$18.733
Feb ’25US$17.84
US$20.33
+13.98%
1.16%US$20.50US$20.00US$19.073
Jan ’25US$14.91
US$15.44
+3.54%
7.28%US$16.25US$13.50US$21.964
Dec ’24US$11.52
US$14.13
+22.61%
14.68%US$16.00US$11.00US$23.824
Nov ’24US$9.93
US$14.13
+42.25%
14.68%US$16.00US$11.00US$20.814
Oct ’24US$10.59
US$15.44
+45.77%
9.61%US$17.50US$13.50US$18.804
US$28.08
Fair Value
11.9% undervalued intrinsic discount
3
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/10/24 00:53
End of Day Share Price 2025/10/24 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Investar Holding Corporation is covered by 4 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Feddie StricklandHovde Group, LLC
Christopher MarinacJanney Montgomery Scott LLC
Stephen ScoutenPiper Sandler Companies