International Bancshares Corpor IBOC

Competitive advantage analysis · financial-services

Bank Specialized
Overall moat score
77/100
Strong

About International Bancshares Corpor

International Bancshares Corporation, a multibank financial holding company, provides a range of commercial and retail banking services in Texas and the State of Oklahoma. It accepts checking and saving deposits; and offers commercial, real estate, personal, home improvement, automobile, and other installment and term loans. The company also provides international banking services, including letters of credit, commercial and industrial loans, … Full IBOC analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Capital Position Capital position is strong (score 0.93), exceeding regulatory minimums.
  • Strong Deposit Franchise Deposit franchise strength is evident (profitability score 0.92).

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Deposit Franchise

Moderate
75

Where IBOC ranks in Banks - Regional

International Bancshares Corpor ranks #18 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional by moat score — the top 5%. The widest moat in the group is 1st Source Corporation (SRCE) at 86/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near IBOC in Banks - Regional
# Company Moat score Rating
14 Unity Bancorp, Inc. UNTY 78/100 Strong
15 Lakeland Financial Corporation LKFN 78/100 Strong
16 Bank First Corporation BFC 78/100 Strong
17 United Bankshares, Inc. UBSI 78/100 Strong
18 International Bancshares Corpor IBOC 77/100 Strong
19 UMB Financial Corporation - Dep UMBFP 77/100 Strong
20 Orange County Bancorp, Inc. OBT 77/100 Strong
21 The Bancorp, Inc. TBBK 77/100 Strong
22 Enterprise Financial Services C EFSC 77/100 Strong

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How IBOC scores on the Bank Specialized defenses

Deposit Franchise

Score 74 · 22% of the moat score

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

Lending Advantage

Score 75 · 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 90 · 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 97 · 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 46 · 14% of the moat score

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

Risk Management

Score 74 · 10% of the moat score

Risk management is the defense that only reveals itself late.

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Understanding IBOC's moat

What is International Bancshares Corpor's moat score?

International Bancshares Corpor (IBOC) scores 77 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as strong. It ranks #18 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional, the top 5%. 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 Cost Discipline (97/100) and its weakest is Revenue Diversification (46/100).

How does International Bancshares Corpor compare with other Banks - Regional companies?

International Bancshares Corpor ranks #18 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 United Bankshares, Inc. (UBSI) at 78 just above it and UMB Financial Corporation - Dep (UMBFP) at 77 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 International Bancshares Corpor 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 International Bancshares Corpor?

The Bank Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and IBOC scores: Deposit Franchise (74), Lending Advantage (75), Capital Strength (90), Cost Discipline (97), Revenue Diversification (46), Risk Management (74). 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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