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MCHB

Mechanics Bank

MCHB

NASDAQ·Financial Services·Banks - Regional·Mkt cap $3.6B

$16.15

-1.27%

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Our plain-language verdict, the thesis, risk factors, and what is changing about the business.

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52-Week Range

$12.46 - $16.51

P/E

16.53

Fwd P/E

15.89

Beta

0.16

Div Yield

8.01%

Avg Vol

482.8K

Shares Out

220.3M

Mkt Cap

$3.6B

Price action

Price chart

Up 25.0% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Regional market dominance with 115 branches across California's high-growth corridors
  • 118-year operating history and established relationships with small to middle-market business community
  • Comprehensive product suite reducing customer switching costs and enabling cross-selling opportunities
  • Deep local expertise in underserved small business segment with less competition from mega-banks

Bear Case

2 risks

  • Low volatility (beta 0.2).
  • Growth premium of 1.4x vs Commercial Banking peers. Reasonable for this growth rate.

Growth

Mild headwinds expected

Net interest margin expansion from higher interest rate environment and loan portfolio growth

Value

Growth premium of 1.4x vs Commercial Banking peers. Reasonable for this growth rate.

Momentum

Strong

+9.6% over 3m

Quality

Excellent

High-growth business (32% revenue growth, 69% gross margin). Profitable with strong growth momentum.

Dividend

High yield

8.01% yield

Earnings track record

Recent earnings results

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Apr 27, 2026

Q2 26 RECAP

APR 30, 2026

Reported EPS of $0.21 vs $0.26 consensus (-19.2% surprise). Revenue of $200.1M vs $258.2M expected (-22.5%).

EPS miss
Revenue miss

EPS surprise · last 4Q

0 of 1 beats

Q2 26

-19.2%

Next: Apr 27, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

-64%

+10%

+17%

+383%

+1900%

+32%

Q2 24

Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$35.3M

$31.9M

$13.7M

$187.0M

$98.1M

$277.4M

$274.8M

$246.1M

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

71.3%

Operating

25.1%

Profit

17.9%

Wall Street consensus

1 analyst · 0% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

0%

Hold

1

100%

Sell

0%

Median Price Target

$17.00

+5.3% vs $16.15

Low $17.00
Median $17.00
High $17.00

Latest: Stifel · $17.00 · May 28, 2026

3 analysts covering

vs Industry

How MCHB stacks vs Banks - Regional

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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