CB Financial Services, Inc. CBFV

Competitive advantage analysis · financial-services

Bank Specialized
Overall moat score
28/100
Developing

About CB Financial Services, Inc.

CB Financial Services, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Community Bank that provides various banking products and services for individuals and businesses in southwestern Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Its primary deposit products include demand deposits, NOW accounts, money market accounts, and savings accounts, as well as time deposit products. The company's loan products comprise residential real estate loans, … Full CBFV analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Capital Position Capital position is strong (score 0.68), exceeding regulatory minimums.

Key risks

  • Weak Deposit Franchise Deposit franchise appears weak (profitability score 0.13).
  • Weak Net Interest Margin Net interest margin proxy is weak (score 0.13).

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Deposit Franchise

Weak
15

Where CBFV ranks in Banks - Regional

CB Financial Services, Inc. ranks #326 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional by moat score — the top 83%. The widest moat in the group is 1st Source Corporation (SRCE) at 86/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near CBFV in Banks - Regional
# Company Moat score Rating
322 FinWise Bancorp FINW 30/100 Developing
323 Fifth District Bancorp, Inc. FDSB 29/100 Developing
324 Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. GGAL 28/100 Developing
325 Glen Burnie Bancorp GLBZ 28/100 Developing
326 CB Financial Services, Inc. CBFV 28/100 Developing
327 PB Bankshares, Inc. PBBK 27/100 Developing
328 Provident Bancorp, Inc. PVBC 27/100 Developing
329 NSTS Bancorp, Inc. NSTS 25/100 Developing
330 Hope Bancorp, Inc. HOPE 25/100 Developing

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How CBFV scores on the Bank Specialized defenses

Deposit Franchise

Score 15 · 22% of the moat score

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

Lending Advantage

Score 23 · 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 45 · 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 19 · 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 39 · 14% of the moat score

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

Risk Management

Score 26 · 10% of the moat score

Risk management is the defense that only reveals itself late.

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Understanding CBFV's moat

What is CB Financial Services, Inc.'s moat score?

CB Financial Services, Inc. (CBFV) scores 28 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #326 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional, the top 83%. 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 (45/100) and its weakest is Deposit Franchise (15/100).

How does CB Financial Services, Inc. compare with other Banks - Regional companies?

CB Financial Services, Inc. ranks #326 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 Glen Burnie Bancorp (GLBZ) at 28 just above it and PB Bankshares, Inc. (PBBK) at 27 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 CB Financial Services, Inc. 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 CB Financial Services, Inc.?

The Bank Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and CBFV scores: Deposit Franchise (15), Lending Advantage (23), Capital Strength (45), Cost Discipline (19), Revenue Diversification (39), Risk Management (26). 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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