The Bancorp offers strong financial quality — 30% return on equity, 43% net margins, and a Piotroski health score of 8 out of 9 — at an attractive forward price-to-earnings of 6.9x, but a high put-to-call ratio of 2.38, three consecutive earnings misses, and a concentration of 91% of deposits from fintech solutions clients represent meaningful near-term risks.
Thesis pillars
- Fintech Deposit Concentration↓Deteriorating
- High Roe Quality Profile↓Deteriorating
- Attractive Valuation Discount↓Deteriorating
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Pillars as of Jul 3, 2026, based on the 10-K filed Feb 25, 2026· older than 90 days
The Bancorp, Inc. (TBBK) Stock Analysis
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Financial Services · Banks - Regional
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $47.34, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Loan Portfolio: Fintech Solutions deposits (91.0%); Concentration risk — Regulatory: OCC.
The Bancorp is a Delaware fintech-focused bank holding company operating through The Bancorp Bank, N.A. (OCC-regulated) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, partnering with fintech companies to issue prepaid/debit cards, process payments, and originate sponsored loans. The bank earned... Read more
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $47.34, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Loan Portfolio: Fintech Solutions deposits (91.0%); Concentration risk — Regulatory: OCC. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Score 6.1/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, earnings proximity 84d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: speculative.
About The Bancorp, Inc.
About The Bancorp, Inc.
The Bancorp Bank, N.A., the wholly-owned banking subsidiary of The Bancorp, Inc., held $9.35 billion in total assets at December 31, 2025, with 91% of deposits sourced from its Fintech Solutions partners — primarily millions of small prepaid and debit card account balances held under program sponsorship arrangements. Supervised by the OCC as primary federal regulator and the FDIC as deposit insurer, the bank operates two revenue-generating divisions: Fintech Solutions and Credit Solutions, with 733 full-time employees.
Fintech Solutions generates the majority of fee income, totaling $141.1 million in 2025 — a 21% increase from $116.8 million in 2024 — through prepaid and debit card program sponsorship ($103.5 million), ACH and payment processing ($21.0 million), and sponsored lending ($16.6 million). Gross dollar volume on prepaid and debit cards reached $178.21 billion in 2025, up 17% from $152.64 billion in 2024, with the fintech loan portfolio growing 142% to $1.10 billion (15% of total loans). Credit Solutions provides balance sheet diversification through real estate bridge lending ($2.26 billion, 31% of total loans), institutional banking including SBLOCs and IBLOCs ($1.96 billion, 27%), small business lending ($1.01 billion, 14%), and fleet leasing ($685.4 million, 9%). Competitors in prepaid and debit card banking include Pathward Financial and Coastal Community Bank.
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Funding stability at The Bancorp is tightly linked to its fintech partner network, with 91% of deposits sourced from those relationships. A critical regulatory boundary sits at $10 billion in total assets: at $9.35 billion at December 31, 2025, the company manages its balance sheet to remain below this threshold and retain its small-issuer Durbin Amendment exemption. If total assets exceed $10 billion at calendar year-end, the company would face reduced interchange fee caps, CFPB direct examination authority, and the loss of fee-sharing provisions in certain prepaid card partner agreements that include termination rights upon crossing the threshold.
See also: Financial Services · Banks - Regional
From The Bancorp, Inc.'s most recent 10-K filing, extracted June 11, 2026.
Recent developments
updated Oct 29, 2026Recent Developments — The Bancorp, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS CORRECTION: Bancorp Sees FY2027 Adj EPS $7.00-$7.20 vs $8.00 Est — benzinga Oct 29, 2026 negative
- NEWS The Bancorp (NASDAQ:TBBK) misses Q3 2026 sales expectations - StockStory — StockStory Oct 29, 2026 negative
- NEWS The Bancorp (NASDAQ:TBBK) misses Q3 2026 sales expectations - TradingView — TradingView Oct 29, 2026 negative
- NEWS The Bancorp (TBBK) Misses Q3 Earnings Estimates - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance Oct 29, 2026 negative
- NEWS Card spending reached $54.33 billion on cards issued by The Bancorp Bank, up 23.4% - Stock Titan — Stock Titan Oct 29, 2026 positive
Latest item Oct 29, 2026 · Generated 2026-11-05T11:39:31Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHloan_portfolioFintech Solutions deposits91%10-K Item 1: '91% of our total deposits were sourced from Fintech Solutions business, primarily from Program sponsorship.'
- MEDIUMloan_portfolioreal estate bridge lending31%10-K Item 1: 'Real estate bridge lending ("REBL") is $2.26 billion of loans, or 31% of our total loan portfolio'
- HIGHregulatoryOCC10-K Item 1: 'supervised and examined by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC") as its primary regulator'
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1 floor-breaker·1 ceiling hit
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
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Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $47.34, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Loan Portfolio: Fintech Solutions deposits (91.0%); Concentration risk — Regulatory: OCC. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Analyst target $57.52 (+21.5%), stop $44.03 (−7.5%), A.R:R 2.9:1. Score 6.1/10, moderate confidence.
Analyst target: $57.52 (+21.5% upside). Analyst target $57.52 (+21.5%), stop $44.03 (−7.5%), A.R:R 2.9:1. Stop-loss: $44.03.
Concentration risk — Loan Portfolio: Fintech Solutions deposits (91.0%); Concentration risk — Regulatory: OCC; Negative momentum.
The Bancorp, Inc. trades at a P/E of 8.3 (forward 6.7). TrendMatrix value score: 8.9/10. Verdict: Hold.
9 analysts rate TBBK, with a consensus score of 4.2/5. 3 analysts publish price targets averaging $68.
What does The Bancorp, Inc. do?The Bancorp is a Delaware fintech-focused bank holding company operating through The Bancorp Bank, N.A. (OCC-regulated)...
The Bancorp is a Delaware fintech-focused bank holding company operating through The Bancorp Bank, N.A. (OCC-regulated) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, partnering with fintech companies to issue prepaid/debit cards, process payments, and originate sponsored loans. The bank earned $141.1 million in total fintech fee income in 2025 with $9.35 billion in total assets, with 91% of deposits sourced from fintech partner relationships.