Seacoast Banking Corporation of SBCF

Competitive advantage analysis · financial-services

Bank Specialized
Overall moat score
37/100
Developing

About Seacoast Banking Corporation of

Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida operates as the bank holding company for Seacoast National Bank that provides integrated financial services to retail and commercial customers in Florida. The company offers noninterest and interest-bearing demand deposits, money market, savings, and customer sweep accounts; time deposits; construction and land development, commercial and residential real estate, and commercial and financial loans; and consumer … Full SBCF analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key risks

  • Weak Deposit Franchise Deposit franchise appears weak (profitability score 0.25).
  • Weak Net Interest Margin Net interest margin proxy is weak (score 0.32).

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Deposit Franchise

Developing
39

Where SBCF ranks in Banks - Regional

Seacoast Banking Corporation of ranks #282 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional by moat score — the top 72%. The widest moat in the group is 1st Source Corporation (SRCE) at 86/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near SBCF in Banks - Regional
# Company Moat score Rating
278 Southern First Bancshares, Inc. SFST 37/100 Developing
279 ChoiceOne Financial Services, I COFS 37/100 Developing
280 KeyCorp KEY 37/100 Developing
281 Veritex Holdings, Inc. VBTX 37/100 Developing
282 Seacoast Banking Corporation of SBCF 37/100 Developing
283 First Citizens BancShares, Inc. FCNCA 37/100 Developing
284 First Citizens BancShares, Inc. FCNCO 37/100 Developing
285 First Citizens BancShares, Inc. FCNCP 37/100 Developing
286 Banco Bradesco Sa BBDO 36/100 Developing

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How SBCF scores on the Bank Specialized defenses

Deposit Franchise

Score 39 · 22% of the moat score

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

Lending Advantage

Score 34 · 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 42 · 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 41 · 14% of the moat score

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

Risk Management

Score 31 · 10% of the moat score

Risk management is the defense that only reveals itself late.

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Understanding SBCF's moat

What is Seacoast Banking Corporation of's moat score?

Seacoast Banking Corporation of (SBCF) scores 37 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #282 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional, the top 72%. 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 Capital Strength (42/100) and its weakest is Risk Management (31/100).

How does Seacoast Banking Corporation of compare with other Banks - Regional companies?

Seacoast Banking Corporation of ranks #282 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 Veritex Holdings, Inc. (VBTX) at 37 just above it and First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (FCNCA) at 36 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 Seacoast Banking Corporation of 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 Seacoast Banking Corporation of?

The Bank Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and SBCF scores: Deposit Franchise (39), Lending Advantage (34), Capital Strength (42), Cost Discipline (32), Revenue Diversification (41), Risk Management (31). 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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