Renasant Corporation RNST

Competitive advantage analysis · financial-services

Bank Specialized
Overall moat score
43/100
Developing

About Renasant Corporation

Renasant Corporation operates as a bank holding company for Renasant Bank that provides a range of financial, wealth management, fiduciary, and insurance services to retail and commercial customers. The company operates through Community Banks, Insurance, and Wealth Management segments. The Community Banks segment offers checking and savings accounts, business and personal loans, asset-based lending, and factoring equipment leasing services, as … Full RNST analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key risks

  • Weak Deposit Franchise Deposit franchise appears weak (profitability score 0.21).
  • Operational Inefficiency Operational efficiency lags peers (score 0.24).

The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks against peers, so 50 is roughly the typical company in this group.

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Deposit Franchise

Developing
46

Where RNST ranks in Banks - Regional

Renasant Corporation ranks #247 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional by moat score — the top 63%. The widest moat in the group is 1st Source Corporation (SRCE) at 86/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near RNST in Banks - Regional
# Company Moat score Rating
243 First Savings Financial Group, FSFG 44/100 Developing
244 Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, RMBI 44/100 Developing
245 FB Financial Corporation FBK 44/100 Developing
246 United Bancorp, Inc. UBCP 43/100 Developing
247 Renasant Corporation RNST 43/100 Developing
248 Southside Bancshares, Inc. SBSI 43/100 Developing
249 Carter Bankshares, Inc. CARE 43/100 Developing
250 Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. CFFN 43/100 Developing
251 Citizens & Northern Corp CZNC 43/100 Developing

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How RNST scores on the Bank Specialized defenses

Deposit Franchise

Score 46 · 22% of the moat score

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

Lending Advantage

Score 40 · 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 43 · 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 32 · 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 58 · 14% of the moat score

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

Risk Management

Score 39 · 10% of the moat score

Risk management is the defense that only reveals itself late.

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Understanding RNST's moat

What is Renasant Corporation's moat score?

Renasant Corporation (RNST) scores 43 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #247 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional, the top 63%. 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 Revenue Diversification (58/100) and its weakest is Cost Discipline (32/100).

How does Renasant Corporation compare with other Banks - Regional companies?

Renasant Corporation ranks #247 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 Bancorp, Inc. (UBCP) at 43 just above it and Southside Bancshares, Inc. (SBSI) at 43 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 Renasant Corporation 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 Renasant Corporation?

The Bank Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and RNST scores: Deposit Franchise (46), Lending Advantage (40), Capital Strength (43), Cost Discipline (32), Revenue Diversification (58), Risk Management (39). 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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