profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Catalyst Bancorp
$17.57+1.62% today
+19.1% in 1 year
1-year low $14.601-year high $18.15
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $34.64 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
Not measured for banks and insurers: deposits and policy reserves count as debt, so the usual debt test says nothing about them.
Money in, money out
What Catalyst Bancorp sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $8.34 million in 2022 to $11.0 million in 2025, with $2.05 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Catalyst Bancorp handed back 83% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $3M
Free cash flow 2025$3M
Bought back its own shares$3M
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt$25M vs. $15M
Catalyst Bancorp vs. similar companies
Catalyst Bancorp grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalyst Bancorp | 34.6× · Expensive | ||
 China Merchants Bank | 7.7× · Cheap | ||
 DBS Group Holdings | 18.2× · Fair price | ||
 UniCredit | 11.5× · Cheap | ||
 HDFC Bank | 18.6× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Catalyst Bancorp's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 9 | 6 | 11 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 0 | 1 | -3 | 2 | |
| 0.04 | 0.14 | -0.78 | 0.56 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 2.2% | 5.8% | -55.6% | 18.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 263 | 271 | 277 | 283 |
| Cash | 13 | 19 | 44 | 25 |
| Total debt | – | 9 | 10 | 15 |
| Total liabilities | 175 | 186 | 196 | 201 |
| 89 | 85 | 80 | 82 | |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 0.2% | 0.6% | -3.9% | 2.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – |
| 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
This is a bank or insurer, so cash-flow and debt ratios are left out: borrowing and lending is the business itself. Price to book and return on equity are the measures that matter here.
Valuation
- 34.6×
- –
- 0.25
- 0.7×
- 6.4×
- 2.9%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 18.6%
- 0.7%
- 0.3%
- 2.5%
- 0.7%
Growth
- +9.8%
- +141.0%
- –
- −6.2%
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 20%of 854
Bottom 33%of 733
Bottom 14%of 876
Top 45%of 878
Bottom 40%of 929
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | 0.15 | – | – |
| Jan 29, 2026 | 0.13 | – | – |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 0.13 | – | – |
| Jul 24, 2025 | 0.14 | – | – |
| Apr 24, 2025 | 0.16 | – | – |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 0.16 | – | – |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 0.11 | – | – |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 0.13 | – | – |
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
44No pass
Benjamin Graham
43No pass
Philip Fisher
71Pass
Peter Lynch
90Pass
Joel Greenblatt
6No pass
Charlie Munger
49No pass
Terry Smith
48No pass
Questions about Catalyst Bancorp
Is Catalyst Bancorp a good stock to buy?
A solid business, but the price is high. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Catalyst Bancorp AI analysis
What does Catalyst Bancorp do?
Catalyst Bancorp, Inc. operates as a holding company for St. Landry Homestead Federal Savings Bank that provides banking products and services in the Acadiana region of south-central Louisiana. It is in Banks - Regional.
Does Catalyst Bancorp pay a dividend?
No. Catalyst Bancorp does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2025 it returned $2.59 million to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is Catalyst Bancorp stock halal?
No. Catalyst Bancorp does not pass our halal screen: its main business, banking, is not permitted. How we check
How has Catalyst Bancorp stock done over the past year?
Up 19.1% over the past twelve months, to $17.57. It traded between $14.60 and $18.15 and is 3.2% below its high.
Who are Catalyst Bancorp's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are China Merchants Bank, DBS Group Holdings, UniCredit and HDFC Bank. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Catalyst Bancorp's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.