Old Second Bancorp, Inc. OSBC

Competitive advantage analysis · financial-services

Bank Specialized
Overall moat score
45/100
Developing

About Old Second Bancorp, Inc.

Old Second Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Old Second National Bank that provides community banking services in the United States. The company offers deposit products, including consumer and business checking, NOW, money market, savings, and other time deposit accounts, as well as certificates of deposit and individual retirement accounts. It also offers lending products, such as … Full OSBC analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key risks

  • Revenue Concentration Risk Revenue concentration is concerning (growth stability 0.14).

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Deposit Franchise

Developing
40

Where OSBC ranks in Banks - Regional

Old Second Bancorp, Inc. ranks #238 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional by moat score — the top 61%. The widest moat in the group is 1st Source Corporation (SRCE) at 86/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near OSBC in Banks - Regional
# Company Moat score Rating
234 Princeton Bancorp, Inc. BPRN 45/100 Developing
235 First Busey Corporation BUSE 45/100 Developing
236 Towne Bank TOWN 45/100 Developing
237 Columbia Banking System, Inc. COLB 45/100 Developing
238 Old Second Bancorp, Inc. OSBC 45/100 Developing
239 First National Corporation FXNC 45/100 Developing
240 Customers Bancorp, Inc CUBI 45/100 Developing
241 Peoples Bancorp Inc. PEBO 45/100 Developing
242 BankUnited, Inc. BKU 44/100 Developing

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How OSBC scores on the Bank Specialized defenses

Deposit Franchise

Score 40 · 22% of the moat score

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

Lending Advantage

Score 47 · 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 55 · 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 14 · 14% of the moat score

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

Risk Management

Score 54 · 10% of the moat score

Risk management is the defense that only reveals itself late.

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Understanding OSBC's moat

What is Old Second Bancorp, Inc.'s moat score?

Old Second Bancorp, Inc. (OSBC) scores 45 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #238 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional, the top 61%. 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 (60/100) and its weakest is Revenue Diversification (14/100).

How does Old Second Bancorp, Inc. compare with other Banks - Regional companies?

Old Second Bancorp, Inc. ranks #238 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 Columbia Banking System, Inc. (COLB) at 45 just above it and First National Corporation (FXNC) at 45 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 Old Second Bancorp, 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 Old Second Bancorp, Inc.?

The Bank Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and OSBC scores: Deposit Franchise (40), Lending Advantage (47), Capital Strength (55), Cost Discipline (60), Revenue Diversification (14), Risk Management (54). 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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