Broadway Financial Corporation BYFC

Competitive advantage analysis · financial-services

Bank Specialized
Overall moat score
22/100
Weak

About Broadway Financial Corporation

Broadway Financial Corporation operates as the holding company for City First Bank, National Association that provides various banking products and services in the United States. Its deposit products include savings accounts, checking accounts, interest checking accounts, money market accounts, and fixed-term certificates of deposit. The company also offers mortgage loans, which are secured by multi-family residential properties; single family residential … Full BYFC analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key risks

  • Weak Deposit Franchise Deposit franchise appears weak (profitability score 0.07).
  • Weak Net Interest Margin Net interest margin proxy is weak (score 0.10).

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Deposit Franchise

Weak
13

Where BYFC ranks in Banks - Regional

Broadway Financial Corporation ranks #339 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional by moat score — the top 86%. The widest moat in the group is 1st Source Corporation (SRCE) at 86/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near BYFC in Banks - Regional
# Company Moat score Rating
335 Columbia Financial, Inc. CLBK 24/100 Weak
336 Triumph Financial, Inc. - Depos TFINP 23/100 Weak
337 HarborOne Bancorp, Inc. HONE 22/100 Weak
338 Eagle Bancorp, Inc. EGBN 22/100 Weak
339 Broadway Financial Corporation BYFC 22/100 Weak
340 Alerus Financial Corporation ALRS 22/100 Weak
341 Texas Community Bancshares, Inc TCBS 22/100 Weak
342 Riverview Bancorp Inc RVSB 21/100 Weak
343 Amerant Bancorp Inc. AMTB 21/100 Weak

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How BYFC scores on the Bank Specialized defenses

Deposit Franchise

Score 12 · 22% of the moat score

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

Lending Advantage

Score 14 · 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 37 · 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 36 · 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 20 · 14% of the moat score

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

Risk Management

Score 9 · 10% of the moat score

Risk management is the defense that only reveals itself late.

How each Bank Specialized defense is measured, in full →

Understanding BYFC's moat

What is Broadway Financial Corporation's moat score?

Broadway Financial Corporation (BYFC) scores 22 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as weak. It ranks #339 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional, the top 86%. 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 Capital Strength (37/100) and its weakest is Risk Management (9/100).

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

Broadway Financial Corporation ranks #339 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 Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (EGBN) at 22 just above it and Alerus Financial Corporation (ALRS) at 22 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 Broadway 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 Broadway Financial Corporation?

The Bank Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and BYFC scores: Deposit Franchise (12), Lending Advantage (14), Capital Strength (37), Cost Discipline (36), Revenue Diversification (20), Risk Management (9). 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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