CIVB
Strong BuyFull HouseAI screen passCivista Bancshares, Inc. · Financial Services · United States · $586M cap · $3.6M/day traded
$28.22 -0.2% · close 26 Oct · scored 27 Oct
Full House: Strong business, sensible price, market agrees. The rare full house.
Reported 22 Oct: the next-year EPS estimate rose 1.8% across the report (snapshots of 18 Oct and 25 Oct).
As of 27 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for Civista Bancshares, Inc. (CIVB) is 82/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 56, Value 55, Momentum 68, each scored against its sector).
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Civista Bancshares clears the calibrated bar. All three legs are above the floor (Q54 V56 M69) and an active buyback provides the required corroboration. Nothing adverse is on file: no negative earnings revision and no insider selling. Momentum at M69 is the strongest part of the case, and higher-for-longer rates support net interest margin for a deposit-funded community lender.
The ranks quoted here are from the day it was written; today's Quality, Value and Momentum are the bars above.
ABOUT CIVISTA BANCSHARES, INC.
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Civista Bancshares, Inc. is a community bank holding company that provides a full range of commercial and consumer banking services through Civista Bank, primarily across Ohio and Indiana. The company differentiates itself through localized decision-making, strong customer relationships, and a commitment to serving the financial needs of its regional communities.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM | 2026E | 2027E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | — | 137.0M | 160.2M | 151.9M | 169.8M | 7.4% | 187.3M | 188.5M | 195.7M | 7.3% |
| EPS | 2.63 | 2.60 | 2.73 | 2.01 | 2.64 | 0.1% | 2.78 | 2.77 | 2.81 | 3.1% |
| Shares | — | 15.7M | 15.7M | 15.5M | 20.7M | +31.9% | 20.7M | — | — | — |
| Debt | — | 618.2M | 454.2M | 450.9M | 284.2M | -22.8% | 230.0M | — | — | — |
| Equity | — | 334.8M | 372.0M | 388.5M | 543.5M | 17.5% | — | — | — | — |
| Op CF | — | 25.2M | 62.7M | 48.2M | 43.3M | 19.8% | 43.3M | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | — | -410.4M | -311.8M | -258.8M | 55.6M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | — | 164.3M | 266.1M | 213.3M | -84.7M | — | — | — | — | — |
Above its 200-day average and 5% below its 52-week high.
Calmer than 86% of stocks we rank over the past year (23% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Financial Services, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of CIVB are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIVB | Civista Bancshares, Inc.(you) | $586M | 82 | Strong Buy |
| FBIZ | First Business Financial Services, Inc. | $606M | 84 | Strong Buy |
| CBNK | Capital Bancorp, Inc. | $673M | 81 | Strong Buy |
| GCBC | Greene County Bancorp, Inc. | $606M | 85 | Strong Buy |
| ACNB | ACNB Corporation | $665M | 81 | Strong Buy |
| WCCB | West Coast Community Bancorp | $648M | 84 | Strong Buy |
| FMAO | Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. | $503M | 85 | Strong Buy |
| CZNC | Citizens & Northern Corporation | $498M | 79 | Buy |
| BSVN | Bank7 Corp. | $558M | 77 | Buy |
| PBAM | Private Bancorp of America, Inc. | $492M | 85 | Strong Buy |
Peer medians: ROE 9.6% · P/E 13.0x · Gross margin 75.4%
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