1st Source Corporation SRCE

Competitive advantage analysis · financial-services

Bank Specialized
Overall moat score
86/100
Strong

About 1st Source Corporation

1st Source Corporation operates as the bank holding company for 1st Source Bank that provides commercial and consumer banking services, trust and wealth advisory services, and insurance products to individual and business clients in the United States. The company's consumer banking services include checking and savings accounts; certificates of deposit; health savings and individual retirement accounts; online and mobile banking … Full SRCE analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Deposit Franchise Deposit franchise strength is evident (profitability score 0.86).
  • Strong Net Interest Margin Net interest margin proxy is strong (score 0.90).

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Deposit Franchise

Strong
91

Where SRCE ranks in Banks - Regional

1st Source Corporation ranks #1 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional by moat score — the top 1%. That makes it the widest moat in the group.

Moat scores for companies ranked near SRCE in Banks - Regional
# Company Moat score Rating
1 1st Source Corporation SRCE 86/100 Strong
2 First Financial Bankshares, Inc FFIN 86/100 Strong
3 Red River Bancshares, Inc. RRBI 83/100 Strong
4 ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. SFBS 83/100 Strong
5 City Holding Company CHCO 82/100 Strong
6 Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. CTBI 82/100 Strong
7 BancFirst Corporation BANF 81/100 Strong
8 Commerce Bancshares, Inc. CBSH 81/100 Strong
9 Park National Corporation PRK 81/100 Strong

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How SRCE scores on the Bank Specialized defenses

Deposit Franchise

Score 91 · 22% of the moat score

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

Lending Advantage

Score 91 · 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 79 · 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 86 · 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 76 · 14% of the moat score

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

Risk Management

Score 92 · 10% of the moat score

Risk management is the defense that only reveals itself late.

How each Bank Specialized defense is measured, in full →

Understanding SRCE's moat

What is 1st Source Corporation's moat score?

1st Source Corporation (SRCE) scores 86 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as strong. It ranks #1 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional, the top 1%. 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 Risk Management (92/100) and its weakest is Revenue Diversification (76/100).

How does 1st Source Corporation compare with other Banks - Regional companies?

1st Source Corporation ranks #1 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional by moat score. That is the widest moat in Banks - Regional. The companies ranked closest are First Financial Bankshares, Inc (FFIN) at 86 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 1st Source 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 1st Source Corporation?

The Bank Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and SRCE scores: Deposit Franchise (91), Lending Advantage (91), Capital Strength (79), Cost Discipline (86), Revenue Diversification (76), Risk Management (92). 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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