BOK Financial Corporation BOKF

Competitive advantage analysis · financial-services

Bank Specialized
Overall moat score
56/100
Moderate

About BOK Financial Corporation

BOK Financial Corporation operates as the financial holding company for BOKF, NA that provides various financial products and services in Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Northwest Arkansas, Colorado, Arizona, and Kansas/Missouri. It operates through three segments: Commercial Banking, Consumer Banking, and Wealth Management. The Commercial Banking segment offers lending, treasury, cash management, and customer commodity risk management products for small businesses, … Full BOKF analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Diversified Revenue Streams Revenue diversification is evident (growth stability 0.76).

Key risks

  • Capital Adequacy Concerns Capital adequacy is concerning (score 0.40).

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Deposit Franchise

Moderate
69

Where BOKF ranks in Banks - Regional

BOK Financial Corporation ranks #157 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional by moat score — the top 40%. The widest moat in the group is 1st Source Corporation (SRCE) at 86/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near BOKF in Banks - Regional
# Company Moat score Rating
153 SmartFinancial, Inc. SMBK 57/100 Moderate
154 NBT Bancorp Inc. NBTB 57/100 Moderate
155 Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. BWFG 56/100 Moderate
156 Business First Bancshares, Inc. BFST 56/100 Moderate
157 BOK Financial Corporation BOKF 56/100 Moderate
158 John Marshall Bancorp, Inc. JMSB 56/100 Moderate
159 Norwood Financial Corp. NWFL 56/100 Moderate
160 First Bancorp FBNC 56/100 Moderate
161 Arrow Financial Corporation AROW 56/100 Moderate

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How BOKF scores on the Bank Specialized defenses

Deposit Franchise

Score 69 · 22% of the moat score

A deposit franchise is the cheapest and most valuable thing a bank can own.

Lending Advantage

Score 50 · 18% of the moat score

Lending advantage is the ability to originate loans at attractive spreads without buying that volume with looser credit standards.

Capital Strength

Score 47 · 20% of the moat score

Capital is the buffer between loan losses and insolvency, and it is what regulators judge a bank on first.

Cost Discipline

Score 47 · 16% of the moat score

Banking carries high fixed costs in branches, compliance and technology, so what it costs to run the bank relative to what the bank earns is a genuine competitive variable.

Revenue Diversification

Score 70 · 14% of the moat score

A bank earning everything from net interest income is a leveraged bet on the rate cycle.

Risk Management

Score 53 · 10% of the moat score

Risk management is the defense that only reveals itself late.

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Understanding BOKF's moat

What is BOK Financial Corporation's moat score?

BOK Financial Corporation (BOKF) scores 56 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #157 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional, the top 40%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 399 companies in Banks - Regional. Its strongest defense is Revenue Diversification (70/100) and its weakest is Cost Discipline (47/100).

How does BOK Financial Corporation compare with other Banks - Regional companies?

BOK Financial Corporation ranks #157 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional by moat score. The widest moat in Banks - Regional is 1st Source Corporation (SRCE) at 86/100. The companies ranked closest are Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) at 56 just above it and John Marshall Bancorp, Inc. (JMSB) at 56 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Bank Specialized in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 399 companies in Banks - Regional. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is BOK Financial Corporation scored with the Bank Specialized template?

A bank does not sell a product at a margin. It funds itself, lends at a spread, and books profits that remain an estimate until the loans are actually repaid. That makes the usual margin-and-return questions misleading, so the Bank template scores what really determines a bank's durability: where its funding comes from, what it lends against, how much capital stands behind it, and whether it has been pricing risk honestly.

Which competitive defenses are measured for BOK Financial Corporation?

The Bank Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and BOKF scores: Deposit Franchise (69), Lending Advantage (50), Capital Strength (47), Cost Discipline (47), Revenue Diversification (70), Risk Management (53). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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