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Pathward Financial (CASH)

Provides partner banking infrastructure and specialty commercial finance through a national bank charter.

$74.56
After hours+0.09 (+0.11%)
At close$74.48(−1.88%)
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Pathward Financial, Inc.CASH
Financial sector

Provides partner banking programs for payments, tax services, consumer credit, and financial institutions alongside working-capital, equipment, and structured finance. Program fees generate revenue while partner-sourced deposits fund a federally chartered bank balance sheet, linking earnings to partner activity, deposit flows, and commercial credit performance.

Runs nationwide financial-services businesses through a federally chartered bank. Partner Solutions supplies issuing, acquiring, digital-payment, financial-institution, consumer-credit, and professional-tax programs to fintechs and other partners; these programs generate fee revenue and deposits that help fund the broader balance sheet.

Commercial Finance provides working-capital, equipment, and structured financing, including asset-based loans, factoring, leases, term loans, and government-guaranteed lending. The model combines payment-program operations and compliance infrastructure with collateral-focused commercial underwriting, while the completed sale of commercial insurance premium finance narrowed the lending mix. Operations are centered in the United States, with a Canadian commercial-finance office. Revenue and funding depend on partner programs, transaction activity, deposit flows, credit performance, and continued compliance with banking and payments regulation.

Company facts

CEOBrett L. Pharr
ListedSep 20, 1993
ExchangeNASDAQ
HeadquartersSioux Falls, SD
CountryUnited States
Employees1,182
CIK0000907471
ISINUS59100U1088

Market cap$1.60B
EPS (ttm)$7.98
P/E (ttm)9.51
ROE20.6%
P/B1.88
P/S1.99
Dividend yieldDiv yield0.26%
Beta0.62vs XLF 0.96

Price target$105.00+40.5%Average of 9 analysts
ConsensusBuy8 of 9 analysts
Ratings

Target rangeAs of Sep 22, 2026

Latest analyst notes

DateFirmActionPriorCurrent
Jul 23, 2026Piper SandlerTarget
Target: $82
Target: $105

Next report
Oct 20, 26
in 28 days
EPS estimate
$1.63
Revenue estimate
$179.1M
Fiscal quarter
Q4 FY26

EPSReportedEstimate

Jan '25Apr '25Jul '25Oct '25Jan '26Apr '26Jul '26Oct '26
Reported$1.29$3.11$1.81$1.69$1.57$3.35$1.37Pending
Estimate$1.24$2.78$1.57$1.38$1.38$3.35$1.95$1.63
Surprise+4.0%+11.9%+15.3%+22.5%+13.8%0.0%−29.7%

RevenueReportedEstimate

Jan '25Apr '25Jul '25Oct '25Jan '26Apr '26Jul '26Oct '26
Reported$135.9M$230.2M$195.8M$155.4M$173.1M$276.3M$189.6MPending
Estimate$255.0M$188.9M$185.1M$195.0M$185.8M$272.0M$191.2M$179.1M
Surprise−46.7%+21.9%+5.8%−20.3%−6.8%+1.6%−0.8%
Estimate$1.63
ReportedDue Oct 20, 2026
Estimate$179.1M
ReportedDue Oct 20, 2026
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Debt to equity23.60%
Current ratio24.60%

ProfitabilityRevenueNet incomeNet margin

Q4 FY24Q1 FY25Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26
Revenue$137.7M$135.9M$235.9M$158.1M$155.4M$175.0M$282.1M$190.8M
Net income$33.6M$30.0M$75.0M$42.1M$38.8M$35.1M$72.8M$29.0M
Net margin24.4%22.1%31.8%26.7%25.0%20.1%25.8%15.2%

GrowthOperating income

Q4 FY24Q1 FY25Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26
Operating income$37.2M$36.2M$91.4M$47.2M$48.4M$42.7M$87.2M$32.2M
YoY growth+10.3%+7.5%+4.9%−7.9%+29.9%+17.9%−4.5%−31.7%

Balance sheet, Jun 30, 2026Cash & short-term investments $1.37B · Total debt $201.0M · Total assets $7.31B · Shareholders' equity $850.9M

Revenue
$190.8M
Operating income
$32.2M
Net income
$29.0M
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Dividend yield
0.26%
Next ex-date
Dec 10, 26
estimated · in 79 days
Annual dividend
$0.20
per share
Schedule
Quarterly
4 payments a year

HistoryDividendAnnual yield

Dec '24Mar '25Jun '25Sep '25Dec '25Mar '26Jun '26Sep '26
Dividend$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05
Annual yield0.24%0.29%0.27%0.26%0.27%0.22%0.24%0.25%
Ex-dateDec 10Mar 13Jun 13Sep 10Dec 10Mar 12Jun 11Sep 10
Payment dateJan 2Apr 1Jul 1Oct 1Jan 2Apr 1Jul 1Oct 1
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Institutions99.55%21.01M shares
287 holders · as of Jun 30, 2026
Insiders1.56%330.3K shares
16 holders · as of Sep 8, 2026
Adds to101.11%

21.11M company shares as of Sep 22, 2026 · institutions as of Jun 30, 2026 · holders as of their latest filing

These groups come from separate filings that can overlap, so they add to 101.11%; nothing is left for Other.

Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4

HolderStakeSharesDate
BlackRock, Inc.Institution
14.71%3.10Mas of Jun 30, 2026
FMR LLCInstitution
8.54%1.80Mas of Jun 30, 2026
State Street CorpInstitution
6.82%1.44Mas of Jun 30, 2026
American Century Companies IncInstitution
6.02%1.27Mas of Jun 30, 2026
American Century Investment Management, Inc.Institution
5.63%1.19Mfiled Feb 13, 2026

Insider tradesForm 4

DateInsiderRoleSharesAvg price
May 29, 2026Elizabeth G. Hoopledirector−4,500$82.29
Apr 29, 2026Douglas J. Hajekdirector−5,000$86.37
Feb 23, 2026Brett L. Pharrdirector, officer: Chief Executive Officer−15,641$93.88
Feb 9, 2026Kendall E. Storkdirector−3,000$94.15
Jan 30, 2026Christopher Perrettadirector−1,450$89.94
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