First Mid Bancshares, Inc. FMBH

Competitive advantage analysis · financial-services

Bank Specialized
Overall moat score
61/100
Moderate

About First Mid Bancshares, Inc.

First Mid Bancshares, Inc., a financial holding company, provides community banking products and services to commercial, retail, and agricultural customers in the United States. It accepts various deposit products, such as demand deposits, savings accounts, money market deposits, and time deposits. The company's loan products include commercial real estate, commercial and industrial, agricultural and agricultural real estate, residential real estate … Full FMBH analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Diversified Revenue Streams Revenue diversification is evident (growth stability 0.98).

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Deposit Franchise

Moderate
66

Where FMBH ranks in Banks - Regional

First Mid Bancshares, Inc. ranks #120 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional by moat score — the top 31%. The widest moat in the group is 1st Source Corporation (SRCE) at 86/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near FMBH in Banks - Regional
# Company Moat score Rating
116 First Interstate BancSystem, In FIBK 62/100 Moderate
117 Magyar Bancorp, Inc. MGYR 62/100 Moderate
118 National Bank Holdings Corporat NBHC 62/100 Moderate
119 Banco Latinoamericano de Comerc BLX 61/100 Moderate
120 First Mid Bancshares, Inc. FMBH 61/100 Moderate
121 F.N.B. Corporation FNB 61/100 Moderate
122 First Merchants Corporation FRME 61/100 Moderate
123 First Merchants Corporation - D FRMEP 61/100 Moderate
124 Oak Valley Bancorp (CA) OVLY 61/100 Moderate

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How FMBH scores on the Bank Specialized defenses

Deposit Franchise

Score 66 · 22% of the moat score

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

Lending Advantage

Score 62 · 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 54 · 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 60 · 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 61 · 14% of the moat score

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

Risk Management

Score 68 · 10% of the moat score

Risk management is the defense that only reveals itself late.

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Understanding FMBH's moat

What is First Mid Bancshares, Inc.'s moat score?

First Mid Bancshares, Inc. (FMBH) scores 61 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #120 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional, the top 31%. 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 Risk Management (68/100) and its weakest is Capital Strength (54/100).

How does First Mid Bancshares, Inc. compare with other Banks - Regional companies?

First Mid Bancshares, Inc. ranks #120 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 Banco Latinoamericano de Comerc (BLX) at 61 just above it and F.N.B. Corporation (FNB) at 61 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 First Mid Bancshares, 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 First Mid Bancshares, Inc.?

The Bank Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and FMBH scores: Deposit Franchise (66), Lending Advantage (62), Capital Strength (54), Cost Discipline (60), Revenue Diversification (61), Risk Management (68). 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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