Central Bancompany, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for The Central Trust Bank that provides consumer, commercial, and wealth management products ...
Central Bancompany, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBC) is a bank holding company based in Jefferson City, Missouri, whose primary operating entity is The Central Trust Bank. The company’s mission emphasizes making banking easy for customers and delivering strong solutions for the communities it serves, building on a long operating history dating back ...Central Bancompany, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBC) is a bank holding company based in Jefferson City, Missouri, whose primary operating entity is The Central Trust Bank. The company’s mission emphasizes making banking easy for customers and delivering strong solutions for the communities it serves, building on a long operating history dating back to 1902. The business is organized around major banking franchises that correspond to customer needs: Consumer Banking, Commercial Banking, and Wealth Management.
In Consumer Banking, the company offers core deposit products such as checking and savings, along with certificates of deposit and money market/time deposit offerings, including interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing account options. It also provides consumer lending, including residential mortgage products, installment lending, and other consumer loan financing. For everyday transactions, it supports debit and credit card-related products and services. To improve customer accessibility and convenience, Central Bancompany also provides mobile and online banking capabilities alongside its branch network.
Commercial Banking focuses on serving businesses, agencies, and community organizations. Typical services include business payment solutions and treasury management, merchant and commercial banking card products, and a range of banking solutions intended for commercial and small business customers and other organizations. The company’s lending footprint also includes commercial real estate and development as well as other commercial and agricultural and multi-family and one-to-four-family residential lending.
Wealth Management provides investment and fiduciary services designed for individuals, businesses, and foundations. The offering set includes investment management, fiduciary services, and financial, estate, and tax planning services, along with wealth and cash management. This segment expands the company’s relationship model beyond deposits and loans into advisory and asset management workflows.
From a cost and operational perspective, as a regional bank with physical locations and technology-enabled digital channels, the company’s operating expenses typically reflect a mix of branch/community staff, compliance and regulatory costs, and technology support for online and mobile banking. While the provided information does not break out specific cost-of-goods-style components or BOM-style bill-of-materials, the bank’s “inputs” largely consist of funding costs, operating expenses, and capital/liquidity management. Financial performance in banking is generally influenced by net interest margins, credit quality, fee income from services (including wealth/treasury-related services), and operating efficiency.
Key leadership includes John T. Ross as CEO, with additional executive leadership at the board level noted in company materials. Central Bancompany operates across a multi-state footprint—commonly described around Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Colorado—leveraging a community banking presence and digital tools to serve customers in many locations and communities. Overall, CBC’s strategy centers on combining long-standing community banking relationships with modern technology channels, while serving customers across the full lifecycle—from consumer products to business banking and wealth management services.
YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength.
QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes.
RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three).
$1.2B
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+2.1%
Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day.
$390.9M
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+2.4%
Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials.
+82.8%
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+0.9%
Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on).
+41.5%
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+0.3%
Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales.
+32.0%
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+0.3%
Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock.
$231.4M
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-45.2%
FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine.
+18.9%
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-46.4%
Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe.
26.7%
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-15.9%
Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking.
0.50x
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-90.4%
Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground.
Operator: Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Central Bancompany Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to your speaker today, John Ross, President and CEO. Please go ahead.
John Ross: Thank you, operator. Good morning, and thank you for joining us for Central Bancompany's Second Quarter Earnings Call. With me in the room today is our Chief Financial Officer, Jim Ciroli, Chief Customer Officer, Dan Westhues; and Chief Credit Officer, Eric Hallgren. As a reminder, I'd like to point out that the discussion today is subject to the same forward-looking considerations outlined on Page 4 of our press release. Today, we plan to again briefly provide some details on second quarter highlights before opening the line for questions. I'd like to begin with some nonfinancial updates for the second quarter. We opened 3 new full-service branches during the second quarter, 1 in St. Louis and 2 in Colorado, as part of our growth strategy in underpenetrated metro markets. Our Kansas City teammates were also busy welcoming World Cup fans and putting exclusive Soccer Capital of America debit cards in their wallets. But more than anything, I guess, you could say it was business as usual here at Central Bank. I'd like to thank the nearly 3,000 full-time employees across our organization for their continued efforts, providing legendary service to our clients and communities. I will now turn it over to Jim to cover a few financial highlights.
James Ciroli: Thank you, JR. Net income of $113.8 million for the quarter or $0.47 per share produced a return on average assets of 2.24%. Relative to the second quarter of 2025, adjusted net income increased by $15.4 million or 16%. Net interest income increased $17.7 million over the prior year quarter with average earning assets up $1.1 billion, and net interest margin on an FTE basis expanding 13 basis points to 4.43%. Loan yields over the past year have been relatively stable despite a decline in short-term rates and a mixing of the consumer portfolio into lower-yielding, but lower-risk mortgage loans and out of the higher-yielding consumer loans where we're being more selective. During the quarter, our cost of deposits declined 3 basis points due mostly to a lower level of public fund deposits. We expect the public fund deposits will continue to decline seasonally in Q3 before increasing in Q4. Our core fee income ratio was 24.5%, reflecting seasonality and continued growth in noninterest income, a remarkable achievement considering the increase in net interest income. During the quarter, we participated in Visa's shares exchange offer, converting a portion of our Class B shares and recognizing a gain of $8.4 million. Additionally, we took advantage of higher rates to marginally reduce our asset sensitivity by selling $210 million in shorter-duration securities, taking a …