Pioneer Bancorp, Inc. PBFS

Competitive advantage analysis · financial-services

Bank Specialized
Overall moat score
52/100
Moderate

About Pioneer Bancorp, Inc.

Pioneer Bancorp, Inc. operates as a holding company for Pioneer Bank, National Association that provides various banking products and services in New York. It accepts various deposit accounts, such as demand, savings, and money market accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. The company's loan products include commercial real estate, commercial and industrial, commercial construction, residential mortgage, and consumer loans; … Full PBFS analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Capital Position Capital position is strong (score 0.79), exceeding regulatory minimums.

Key risks

  • Credit Quality Concerns Credit quality is concerning (asset quality score 0.00).
  • Revenue Concentration Risk Revenue concentration is concerning (growth stability 0.26).

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Deposit Franchise

Developing
42

Where PBFS ranks in Banks - Regional

Pioneer Bancorp, Inc. ranks #181 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional by moat score — the top 46%. The widest moat in the group is 1st Source Corporation (SRCE) at 86/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near PBFS in Banks - Regional
# Company Moat score Rating
177 Popular, Inc. BPOP 52/100 Moderate
178 Central Plains Bancshares, Inc. CPBI 52/100 Moderate
179 Itau Unibanco Banco Holding SA ITUB 52/100 Moderate
180 PFIS PFIS 52/100 Moderate
181 Pioneer Bancorp, Inc. PBFS 52/100 Moderate
182 Bridgewater Bancshares, Inc. BWB 52/100 Moderate
183 Bridgewater Bancshares, Inc. - BWBBP 52/100 Moderate
184 Intercorp Financial Services In IFS 52/100 Moderate
185 U.S. Bancorp USB 52/100 Moderate

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How PBFS scores on the Bank Specialized defenses

Deposit Franchise

Score 42 · 22% of the moat score

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

Lending Advantage

Score 46 · 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 56 · 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 74 · 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 52 · 14% of the moat score

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

Risk Management

Score 20 · 10% of the moat score

Risk management is the defense that only reveals itself late.

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Understanding PBFS's moat

What is Pioneer Bancorp, Inc.'s moat score?

Pioneer Bancorp, Inc. (PBFS) scores 52 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #181 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional, the top 46%. 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 (74/100) and its weakest is Risk Management (20/100).

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

Pioneer Bancorp, Inc. ranks #181 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 PFIS (PFIS) at 52 just above it and Bridgewater Bancshares, Inc. (BWB) at 52 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 Pioneer 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 Pioneer Bancorp, Inc.?

The Bank Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and PBFS scores: Deposit Franchise (42), Lending Advantage (46), Capital Strength (56), Cost Discipline (74), Revenue Diversification (52), Risk Management (20). 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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