Central Pacific Financial Corp CPF

Competitive advantage analysis · financial-services

Bank Specialized
Overall moat score
66/100
Moderate

About Central Pacific Financial Corp

Central Pacific Financial Corp. operates as the bank holding company for Central Pacific Bank that provides a range of commercial banking products and services to businesses, professionals, and individuals in the United States. The company offers various deposit products and services, including checking, savings and time deposits, cash management and digital banking, trust, and retail brokerage services, as well as … Full CPF analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Capital Position Capital position is strong (score 0.74), exceeding regulatory minimums.
  • Strong Deposit Franchise Deposit franchise strength is evident (profitability score 0.71).

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Deposit Franchise

Moderate
69

Where CPF ranks in Banks - Regional

Central Pacific Financial Corp ranks #79 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional by moat score — the top 20%. The widest moat in the group is 1st Source Corporation (SRCE) at 86/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near CPF in Banks - Regional
# Company Moat score Rating
75 CVB Financial Corporation CVBF 67/100 Moderate
76 Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. SMBC 67/100 Moderate
77 First Bancorp, Inc (ME) FNLC 67/100 Moderate
78 TriCo Bancshares TCBK 67/100 Moderate
79 Central Pacific Financial Corp CPF 66/100 Moderate
80 Community Financial System, Inc CBU 66/100 Moderate
81 Home Bancorp, Inc. HBCP 66/100 Moderate
82 Bank of the James Financial Gro BOTJ 66/100 Moderate
83 Parke Bancorp, Inc. PKBK 66/100 Moderate

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How CPF scores on the Bank Specialized defenses

Deposit Franchise

Score 68 · 22% of the moat score

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

Lending Advantage

Score 54 · 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 79 · 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 51 · 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 71 · 14% of the moat score

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

Risk Management

Score 78 · 10% of the moat score

Risk management is the defense that only reveals itself late.

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Understanding CPF's moat

What is Central Pacific Financial Corp 's moat score?

Central Pacific Financial Corp (CPF) scores 66 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #79 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional, the top 20%. 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 (79/100) and its weakest is Cost Discipline (51/100).

How does Central Pacific Financial Corp compare with other Banks - Regional companies?

Central Pacific Financial Corp ranks #79 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 TriCo Bancshares (TCBK) at 67 just above it and Community Financial System, Inc (CBU) at 66 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 Central Pacific Financial Corp 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 Central Pacific Financial Corp ?

The Bank Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and CPF scores: Deposit Franchise (68), Lending Advantage (54), Capital Strength (79), Cost Discipline (51), Revenue Diversification (71), Risk Management (78). 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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