Five Star Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSBC) Price Target Raised to $39.00 at DA Davidson

Key Points

• DA Davidson has raised its price target for Five Star Bancorp (FSBC) from $37.00 to $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.62% from its current share price with a "buy" rating.
• Five Star Bancorp reported $0.68 EPS for its most recent quarter, surpassing analyst expectations, and had a revenue of $38.33 million.
• Insider transactions revealed CEO James Eugene Beckwith sold 6,429 shares at an average price of $27.74, reducing his stake in the company.

Five Star Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSBC - Free Report) had its target price increased by DA Davidson from $37.00 to $39.00 in a report published on Friday morning,Benzinga reports. DA Davidson currently has a buy rating on the stock. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Five Star Bancorp's Q3 2025 earnings at $0.72 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.78 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.25 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Raymond James Financial cut their price target on Five Star Bancorp from $35.00 to $31.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 30th. Citigroup reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of Five Star Bancorp in a research note on Wednesday, April 30th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $35.00.

Five Star Bancorp Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of Five Star Bancorp stock traded down $0.16 during trading on Friday, hitting $30.99. 33,165 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 38,917. The firm has a market cap of $661.02 million, a P/E ratio of 12.65 and a beta of 0.51. Five Star Bancorp has a 52-week low of $22.22 and a 52-week high of $35.13. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $28.76 and its 200 day simple moving average is $28.78.

Five Star Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSBC - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 23rd. The company reported $0.68 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $38.33 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $37.60 million. Five Star Bancorp had a return on equity of 13.05% and a net margin of 22.14%. As a group, equities analysts expect that Five Star Bancorp will post 2.63 EPS for the current year.

Five Star Bancorp Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, August 11th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 4th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.58%. Five Star Bancorp's payout ratio is 32.65%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Five Star Bancorp

In other news, CEO James Eugene Beckwith sold 6,429 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $27.74, for a total transaction of $178,340.46. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 469,952 shares in the company, valued at approximately $13,036,468.48. The trade was a 1.35% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 25.57% of the company's stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Five Star Bancorp

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of FSBC. American Century Companies Inc. grew its stake in shares of Five Star Bancorp by 31.1% during the fourth quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 261,494 shares of the company's stock worth $7,868,000 after acquiring an additional 62,041 shares during the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. purchased a new stake in Five Star Bancorp in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $289,000. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS purchased a new stake in Five Star Bancorp in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $108,000. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in Five Star Bancorp by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 840,142 shares of the company's stock valued at $25,280,000 after buying an additional 13,001 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in Five Star Bancorp by 153.1% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 59,456 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,789,000 after buying an additional 35,967 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 46.94% of the company's stock.

About Five Star Bancorp

Five Star Bancorp operates as the bank holding company for Five Star Bank that provides a range of banking products and services to small and medium-sized businesses, professionals, and individuals in Northern California. It accepts various deposits, such as money market accounts, noninterest-bearing and interest checking accounts, savings accounts, term certificate accounts, and time deposits.