Investar Holding Corp (ISTR)

• Market cap: $181M
• 1 day: -4.17%
• 5 days: -5.15%
• 1 month: -6.79%
• 3 months: 9.00%
• 6 months: -20.17%
• Year to date: -13.37%
• 1 year: 21.69%
• 5 years: 25.26%
• 10 years: 18.71%
• Sector: Financials
• Industry: Banks - Regional

About: Investar Holding Corp is a U.S.-based financial holding company. Through its subsidiaries, it offers a variety of commercial and retail lending products throughout its market areas, including business loans to small to medium-sized businesses, as well as loans to individuals. It has business operations spread across the United States and serves its customers through several service branches. The bank also offers cashiers' checks, direct deposit of payroll and Social Security checks, night depository, bank-by-mail, automated teller machines with deposit automation, and debit cards.

Employees: 329

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

7% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 31 | Existing positions reduced: 29

0% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 9 | Existing positions closed: 9

1% less funds holding

Funds holding: 86 [Q4 2024] → 85 (-1) [Q1 2025]

2.89% less ownership

Funds ownership: 63.82% [Q4 2024] → 60.93% (-2.89%) [Q1 2025]

23% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $138M [Q4 2024] → $105M (-$32.3M) [Q1 2025]

Research analyst outlook

1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $22 20% upside
• Avg. target: $22 20% upside
• High target: $22 20% upside

1 analyst rating

• positive: 1 100%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 0 0%

Piper Sandler Stephen Scouten

20% upside $22

Overweight Upgraded

22 Apr 2025