FISI
Strong BuyFull HouseAI screen passFinancial Institutions, Inc. · Financial Services · United States · $800M cap · $5.0M/day traded
$40.81 +0.6% · close 26 Oct · scored 27 Oct
Full House: Strong business, sensible price, market agrees. The rare full house.
As of 27 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for Financial Institutions, Inc. (FISI) is 83/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 59, Value 54, Momentum 67, each scored against its sector).
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Financial Institutions clears the calibrated bar. All three legs are above the floor (Q57 V56 M71) and an active buyback provides the required corroboration. Nothing adverse is on file: no negative earnings revision and no insider selling. Momentum at M71 is the strongest part of the case, and higher-for-longer rates support net interest margin for a community lender funded by local deposits.
The ranks quoted here are from the day it was written; today's Quality, Value and Momentum are the bars above.
ABOUT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, INC.
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Financial Institutions, Inc. is a bank holding company operating through its subsidiary, Five Star Bank, providing retail and commercial banking services to individuals and businesses in Western and Central New York. It functions as an established community bank with a strong local presence, fostering customer loyalty through personalized service and regional expertise. FISI operates as a traditional regional bank, generating revenue primarily from interest income on loans and investments, and offering a full suite of financial products tailored to its local market.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM | 2026E | 2027E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | — | 212.3M | 212.2M | 114.5M | 243.5M | 4.7% | 243.5M | 259.4M | 271.4M | 5.6% |
| EPS | 4.81 | 3.58 | 3.17 | -1.66 | 3.65 | -6.7% | 4.03 | 4.23 | 4.34 | 9.1% |
| Shares | — | 15.3M | 15.4M | 20.1M | 19.8M | +29.1% | 19.7M | — | — | — |
| Debt | — | 312.5M | 343.3M | 256.6M | 334.2M | 2.3% | 320.0M | — | — | — |
| Equity | — | 405.6M | 454.8M | 569.0M | 628.9M | 15.7% | — | — | — | — |
| Op CF | — | 133.6M | 10.9M | 77.1M | 18.8M | -48.0% | 60.9M | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | — | -325.2M | -310.1M | -8.2M | -140.0M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | — | 242.9M | 293.2M | -106.0M | 142.7M | — | — | — | — | — |
Above its 200-day average and 4% below its 52-week high.
Calmer than 83% of stocks we rank over the past year (25% 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 FISI are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FISI | Financial Institutions, Inc.(you) | $800M | 83 | Strong Buy |
| ORRF | Orrstown Financial Services, Inc. | $871M | 84 | Strong Buy |
| FMNB | Farmers National Banc Corp. | $930M | 83 | Strong Buy |
| THFF | First Financial Corporation | $912M | 82 | Strong Buy |
| CBNK | Capital Bancorp, Inc. | $673M | 81 | Strong Buy |
| WCCB | West Coast Community Bancorp | $648M | 84 | Strong Buy |
| ACNB | ACNB Corporation | $665M | 81 | Strong Buy |
| BFST | Business First Bancshares, Inc. | $1.0B | 82 | Strong Buy |
| FBIZ | First Business Financial Services, Inc. | $606M | 84 | Strong Buy |
| CIVB | Civista Bancshares, Inc. | $586M | 82 | Strong Buy |
Peer medians: ROE 9.6% · P/E 13.0x · Gross margin 75.4%
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