The best bank stocks right now, ranked.
We score 309 US-listed bank stocks, re-ranked every trading day. These 25 rank highest on the full factor model right now. Every US-listed stock Twelve Data files as a bank, regional or diversified.
Every score is a percentile across the whole US universe we cover — a 92 beats 92% of it. How the model was built and blind-tested is on the methodology page; what each factor means is on the factor glossary.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt cap | Rank | 1w rank Δ | Revisions | Value | Momentum | Quality | Accruals | Issuance | Growth | Volatility | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carter Bankshares, Inc. Banks - Regional | $724.2M | 99.5 | −0.4 | 63.0 | 88.4 | 98.8 | 97.6 | 52.1 | 95.3 | 99.3 | 63.3 | 49.3 | |
OFG Bancorp Banks - Regional | $2.4B | 97.9 | 0.0 | 99.2 | 72.2 | 74.2 | 89.6 | 58.0 | 76.6 | 75.6 | 82.5 | 34.3 | |
First Western Financial, Inc. Banks - Regional | $308.1M | 97.3 | −0.5 | 66.8 | 98.0 | 95.2 | 68.9 | 24.5 | 85.2 | 86.4 | 85.2 | 61.7 | |
Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc. Banks - Regional | $186.6M | 97.3 | +0.8 | 84.8 | 84.5 | 95.8 | 29.4 | 57.5 | 90.0 | 64.7 | 86.6 | 69.3 | |
SB Financial Group, Inc. Banks - Regional | $170.9M | 96.8 | −0.4 | 74.3 | 90.6 | 94.5 | 54.7 | 21.4 | 94.1 | 92.5 | 52.2 | 70.1 | |
Financial Institutions, Inc. Banks - Regional | $840.5M | 96.7 | +0.3 | 97.8 | 87.8 | 97.9 | 77.6 | 37.7 | 49.5 | 99.5 | 20.4 | 47.7 | |
Princeton Bancorp, Inc. Banks - Regional | $293.3M | 96.4 | −0.1 | 96.6 | 86.5 | 85.4 | 44.3 | 51.5 | 71.8 | 82.2 | 43.7 | 62.5 | |
Ames National Corp. Banks - Regional | $281.0M | 96.2 | 0.0 | 64.2 | 62.1 | 99.5 | 56.7 | 45.5 | 87.6 | 89.5 | 97.4 | 63.5 | |
ACNB Corp. Banks - Regional | $674.3M | 95.8 | +0.5 | 95.2 | 46.8 | 96.9 | 87.6 | 43.3 | 52.3 | 96.5 | 59.8 | 50.2 | |
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. Banks - Regional | $536.7M | 95.5 | −0.2 | 99.1 | 43.2 | 99.5 | 77.1 | 23.7 | 75.4 | 90.8 | 62.6 | 53.0 | |
Midland States Bancorp, Inc. Banks - Regional | $692.0M | 95.1 | +0.5 | 97.5 | 67.6 | 99.2 | 14.4 | 74.6 | 95.6 | 76.5 | 32.9 | 49.9 | |
First United Corp. Banks - Regional | $294.8M | 94.6 | −0.1 | 80.9 | 74.1 | 90.5 | 73.2 | 32.5 | 94.6 | 69.9 | 36.5 | 62.3 | |
Univest Financial Corp. Banks - Regional | $1.2B | 94.1 | +0.3 | 91.7 | 70.5 | 94.6 | 61.5 | 36.1 | 94.8 | 71.3 | 47.6 | 43.2 | |
First BanCorp (Puerto Rico) Banks - Regional | $4.6B | 93.6 | +0.7 | 94.8 | 35.9 | 83.2 | 94.5 | 43.4 | 94.2 | 75.7 | 70.3 | 25.1 | |
Zions Bancorporation NA Banks - Regional | $10.7B | 93.5 | +1.2 | 78.4 | 85.5 | 90.1 | 84.8 | 53.4 | 95.0 | 81.5 | 11.5 | 15.4 | |
Chemung Financial Corp. Banks - Regional | $402.3M | 93.0 | −1.6 | 85.9 | 54.7 | 98.0 | 62.0 | 60.9 | 43.4 | 97.9 | 45.9 | 56.7 | |
1st Source Corp. Banks - Regional | $2.2B | 92.9 | +0.4 | 97.0 | 35.7 | 89.3 | 92.2 | 42.5 | 65.5 | 73.5 | 90.7 | 35.5 | |
PCB Bancorp Banks - Regional | $399.3M | 92.9 | −0.1 | 72.4 | 95.8 | 93.1 | 69.7 | 27.9 | 61.6 | 78.9 | 65.0 | 56.8 | |
Landmark Bancorp, Inc. (Kansas) Banks - Regional | $195.7M | 92.8 | +1.5 | 58.3 | 85.3 | 80.8 | 76.8 | 60.8 | 88.1 | 46.7 | 60.3 | 68.7 | |
RBB Bancorp Banks - Regional | $466.7M | 92.6 | −0.5 | 81.7 | 93.5 | 98.7 | 29.1 | 29.6 | 92.6 | 90.2 | 25.5 | 54.7 | |
First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. Banks - Regional | $3.7B | 92.4 | −0.3 | 84.8 | 58.7 | 89.0 | 58.5 | 75.3 | 96.7 | 78.1 | 21.7 | 28.2 | |
Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. Banks - Regional | $116.4M | 91.7 | −0.8 | 67.9 | 70.4 | 74.3 | 17.7 | 68.0 | 98.8 | 67.4 | 93.6 | 74.0 | |
Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. Banks - Regional | $765.0M | 91.4 | +0.1 | 83.2 | 61.9 | 92.0 | 28.6 | 66.5 | 91.2 | 99.1 | 9.1 | 48.8 | |
HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. Banks - Regional | $871.9M | 91.3 | −1.5 | 91.1 | 45.4 | 84.7 | 55.8 | 66.8 | 96.0 | 54.4 | 60.7 | 47.3 | |
Central Pacific Financial Corp. Banks - Regional | $1.0B | 91.0 | +1.7 | 75.0 | 54.8 | 87.3 | 67.5 | 43.7 | 92.7 | 85.6 | 53.4 | 44.9 |
Today’s snapshot only — the list rotates as the scores move. Click any ticker for its full page: rank against every factor, analyst price targets, financials and news.
What these bank stocks look like up close.
Figures for the 25 listed names, from the same data behind their stock pages.
4 of the 25 names with analyst coverage this month carry a Buy-or-better majority.
Cheapest on trailing P/E: CARE at 5.6×, ZION at 9.2× and PCB at 9.8×.
Highest forward dividend yields: WASH at 5.6%, FIBK at 4.8% and MSBI at 4.0%.
This page is one list. Monday covers the whole market.
Computed off the Friday close and sent before the US open.
Market Radar reports the week’s largest rank changes across roughly 4,600 US stocks and the factor behind each one. The names above will rotate as the scores move — the Radar is how you hear what changed.
Questions people ask about bank stocks.
- What are the best bank stocks right now?
- As at 15 Aug 2026, the top-ranked bank stocks on Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model are Carter Bankshares, Inc. (CARE), OFG Bancorp (OFG), First Western Financial, Inc. (MYFW). The full top 25 is the table on this page, re-ranked every trading day. A rank is general information, not personal advice.
- How does Ticker Nerd pick the best bank stocks?
- Nobody picks them. A factor model scores roughly 4,600 US stocks every trading day on families like value, momentum, quality and growth, and this page is one fixed cut of that ranking. The research process behind the model — point-in-time data from 2005, locked test windows, logged rejections — is published on the methodology page.
- Are bank stocks a good investment?
- That depends on the price paid and on your circumstances — this page is general information, not advice. What the data says as at 15 Aug 2026: of the 25 listed names with analyst coverage this month, 4 carry a Buy-or-better majority, and every rank above is a percentile across roughly 4,600 US stocks.
The same model, other cuts.
Every list reads the one ranking — the stock screener index has the complete set.