The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

CASH

Concerning the House

Pathward Financial, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Pathward, National Association that provides various banking products and services in the United States. It operates through three segments: Consumer, Commercial, and Corporate Services/Other. The company offers demand deposit accounts, savings accounts, and money market savings accounts. It also provides commercial finance product comprising term lending, asset-based lending, factoring, lease financing, insurance premium finance, government guaranteed lending, and other commercial finance products; installment and revolving consumer lending products; tax services, which includes short-term refund advance loans and short-term electronic return originator advance loans; and warehouse financing services. In addition, the company offers payment solutions, such as acceptance, processing, and settlement of credit card and debit card payments, financial processing services for freestanding ATMs; digital payments; and merchant services, as well as issues debit and prepaid cards. The company was formerly known as Meta Financial Group, Inc. and changed its name to Pathward Financial, Inc. in July 2022. Pathward Financial, Inc. was founded in 1954 and is based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

United States · www.pathwardfinancial.com

The Long Run

FY 2011–2025 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$797.41M+8.6%
Net income$34.90M+16.8%
Cash from ops$327.91M+22.7%
Quotation

$86.13

+0.28 (+0.3%)

52w hi$99.87
52w lo$66.35
Vol134.98K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.20

Short+0.19
Medium+0.27
Long+0.11

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Pathward Financial, Inc.

Financial Services · Banks - Regional

Market cap$1.79B
Enterprise value$1.86B
Trailing P/E10.78x
Forward P/E8.97x
EV / EBITDA
P / S (ttm)2.38x
Profit margin23.4%
Return on equity21.2%
Revenue growth-13.5%
Earnings growth-24.7%
Debt / equity
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.84
Corr SPX0.46
Annual vol30.0%
Annual ret+20.8%
Sharpe0.69
Max DD-22.2%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.17
Sector+0.09
Technical+0.16
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$86.49$87.21$85.93$86.13134.98K
Aug 12$87.07$87.82$85.70$85.85135.20K
Aug 11$86.88$87.78$86.88$87.48128.20K
Aug 10$86.41$87.04$85.92$87.0478.80K
Aug 7$88.33$88.65$86.77$86.85111.10K