(ESQ) Esquire Financial Holdings - Overview
Sector: Financial Services | Industry: Banks - Regional | Exchange: NASDAQ (USA) | Market Cap: 949m USD | Total Return: 25.5% in 12m
Avg Turnover: 9.62M
EPS Trend: 99.7%
Qual. Beats: -1
Rev. Trend: 99.7%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Choppy
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. is a financial holding company based in Jericho, New York, operating primarily through its subsidiary, Esquire Bank. The institution specializes in providing commercial and retail banking products, including deposit accounts, cash management, and various lending solutions. Its portfolio features commercial lines of credit, real estate loans, and specialized consumer financing such as post-settlement and structured settlement loans.
The company utilizes a niche business model focused on the legal industry and the payment processing sector. Unlike traditional regional banks, Esquire Bank provides tailored law firm banking solutions and merchant services, including agent residual acquisition loans and working capital for Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs). This specialized approach allows the bank to capture high-yield lending opportunities within the legal vertical, a sector often characterized by high barriers to entry and specialized underwriting requirements.
Investors can evaluate the long-term sustainability of this specialized lending model by reviewing the comprehensive performance metrics available on ValueRay.
- Legal industry deposit growth lowers cost of funds and expands margins
- Merchant services processing volume drives non-interest income and payment revenue
- Asset quality remains stable despite high-yield litigation and consumer loan exposure
- Net interest margin benefits from variable-rate legal and commercial loan repricing
| Net Income: 51.7m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.02 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 0.16 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -941.5% < 20% (prev -883.4%; Δ -58.10% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.03 > 3% & CFO 63.5m > Net Income 51.7m |
| Net Debt (-477.6m) to EBITDA (73.9m): -6.46 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.23 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (8.70m) vs 12m ago 1.15% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 85.88% > 18% (prev 86.52%; Δ -0.64% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 7.88% > 50% (prev 7.34%; Δ 0.54% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 3.68 > 6 (EBIT TTM 70.1m / Interest Expense TTM 19.1m) |
| A: -0.67 (Total Current Assets 480.2m - Total Current Liabilities 2.10b) / Total Assets 2.42b |
| B: 0.09 (Retained Earnings 208.3m / Total Assets 2.42b) |
| C: 0.03 (EBIT TTM 70.1m / Avg Total Assets 2.19b) |
| D: 0.14 (Book Value of Equity 301.3m / Total Liabilities 2.12b) |
| Altman-Z'' = -3.75 = D |
| DSRI: 1.03 (Receivables 13.3m/10.8m, Revenue 172.3m/143.5m) |
| GMI: 1.01 (GM 86.52% / 85.88%) |
| AQI: 1.02 (AQ_t 0.80 / AQ_t-1 0.78) |
| SGI: 1.20 (Revenue 172.3m / 143.5m) |
| TATA: -0.00 (NI 51.7m - CFO 63.5m) / TA 2.42b) |
| Beneish M = -2.84 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of June 03, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 109.89 with a total of 83,664 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by -2.38%,
over one month by +4.24%,
over three months by +6.80% and
over the past year by +25.46%.
Esquire Financial Holdings has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.33. Therefore, it is recommended to hold ESQ.
- StrongBuy: 0
- Buy: 1
- Hold: 2
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 125 | 13.8% |
P/E Trailing = 18.4689
P/S = 6.6502
P/B = 3.1605
Revenue TTM = 172.3m USD
EBIT TTM = 70.1m USD
EBITDA TTM = 73.9m USD
Long Term Debt = unknown (none)
Short Term Debt = 988k USD (from shortTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Debt = 2.64m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last fiscal year)
Net Debt = -477.6m USD (calculated: Debt 2.64m - CCE 480.2m)
Enterprise Value = 471.8m USD (949.4m + Debt 2.64m - CCE 480.2m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 3.68 (Ebit TTM 70.1m / Interest Expense TTM 19.1m)
EV/FCF = 8.58x (Enterprise Value 471.8m / FCF TTM 55.0m)
FCF Yield = 11.65% (FCF TTM 55.0m / Enterprise Value 471.8m)
FCF Margin = 31.90% (FCF TTM 55.0m / Revenue TTM 172.3m)
Net Margin = 29.98% (Net Income TTM 51.7m / Revenue TTM 172.3m)
Gross Margin = 85.88% ((Revenue TTM 172.3m - Cost of Revenue TTM 24.3m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 88.94% (prev 88.82%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.19 (Enterprise Value 471.8m / Total Assets 2.42b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 721.7% (Interest Expense 19.1m / Debt 2.64m)
Taxrate = 23.13% (15.5m / 67.2m)
NOPAT = 53.9m (EBIT 70.1m * (1 - 23.13%))
Current Ratio = 0.23 (Total Current Assets 480.2m / Total Current Liabilities 2.10b)
Debt / Equity = 0.01 (Debt 2.64m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 301.3m)
Debt / EBITDA = -6.46 (Net Debt -477.6m / EBITDA 73.9m)
Debt / FCF = -8.69 (Net Debt -477.6m / FCF TTM 55.0m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 283.4m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 2.36% (Net Income 51.7m / Total Assets 2.42b)
RoE = 18.23% (Net Income TTM 51.7m / Total Stockholder Equity 283.4m)
RoCE = 22.01% (EBIT 70.1m / Capital Employed (Total Assets 2.42b - Current Liab 2.10b))
RoIC = 17.33% (NOPAT 53.9m / Invested Capital 311.0m)
WACC = 8.39% (E(949.4m)/V(952.0m) * Re(8.41%) + (debt cost/tax rate unavailable))
Discount Rate = 8.41% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 94.39 | Cagr: 1.64%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.85% ; FCFF base≈49.5m ; Y1≈56.7m ; Y5≈83.5m
[DCF] Fair Price = 199.8 (EV 1.25b - Net Debt -477.6m = Equity 1.73b / Shares 8.64m; r=8.39% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 99.66 | EPS CAGR: 12.00% | SUE: -4.0 | # QB: -1
Revenue Correlation: 99.67 | Revenue CAGR: 17.42% | SUE: 0.63 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=1.56 | Chg30d=-1.27% | Revisions=+33% | Analysts=3
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=1.64 | Chg30d=+0.41% | Revisions=+20% | Analysts=3
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=6.81 | Chg30d=+0.15% | Revisions=+20% | GrowthEPS=+16.0% | GrowthRev=+48.9%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=8.65 | Chg30d=+1.76% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+27.0% | GrowthRev=+53.2%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +33%