Finward Bancorp
FNWD Nasdaq Savings Institution, Federally Chartered Financials FY2016–FY2025
Last close · Oct 23, 2026
$43.56
0.1%What Finward Bancorp does
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- Legal name
- Finward Bancorp
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Mar 25, 2026
- Accession · CIK
- 0001628280-26-021073
0000919864
Revenue and margins
Finward Bancorp had $66.0M of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 7.1% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew −5.7% a year. Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns and efficiency
For banks, return on equity and the efficiency ratio (costs as a share of revenue) say most about how well the business runs.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Finward Bancorp returned $1.6M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 17% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 0.4%.
Balance sheet
Loans, deposits and capital at each fiscal year end.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loans, net | $953M | $1.5B | — | — | — |
| Deposits | $1.4B | $1.8B | $1.8B | $1.8B | $1.7B |
| Loans / deposits | 66.5% | 84.5% | — | — | — |
| Total assets | $1.6B | $2.1B | $2.1B | $2.1B | $2.0B |
| Shareholders' equity | $157M | $130M | $147M | $151M | $175M |
| Goodwill | $11.1M | $22.4M | $22.4M | $22.4M | $22.4M |
| Intangible assets | $3.1M | $4.8M | $3.3M | $1.9M | $1.2M |
| Provision / loans | 0.2% | — | — | — | — |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. “Plan” marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
10 years of figures
Amounts in USD. Hover a ratio’s name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $37.7M | $38.5M | $43.5M | $53.8M | $64.0M | $64.5M | $78.7M | $65.3M | $71.1M | $66.0M |
| Net interest income | $30.1M | $30.8M | $34.4M | $43.2M | $45.9M | $48.6M | $67.1M | $54.6M | $48.4M | $56.7M |
| Noninterest income | $7.6M | $7.8M | $9.1M | $10.7M | $18.1M | $15.9M | $11.5M | $10.7M | $22.6M | $9.3M |
| Noninterest expense | $24.7M | $25.5M | $31.4M | $37.4M | $41.6M | $46.6M | $62.1M | $55.2M | $58.1M | $58.1M |
| Provision for credit losses | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.3M | $2.6M | $3.7M | $1.5M | — | $2.0M | −$0.5M | −$0.2M |
| Interest expense | $2.3M | $2.6M | $5.1M | $9.1M | $5.7M | $2.1M | $4.9M | $31.2M | — | — |
| Pretax income | $11.7M | $11.8M | $10.8M | $13.9M | $18.7M | $16.4M | $16.6M | $8.0M | $13.5M | $8.1M |
| Income tax | $2.5M | $2.9M | $1.4M | $1.8M | $2.8M | $1.4M | $1.5M | −$0.3M | $1.3M | $0.0M |
| Net income | $9.1M | $9.0M | $9.3M | $12.1M | $15.9M | $15.0M | $15.1M | $8.4M | $12.1M | $8.1M |
| Net income to common | — | $9.0B | $9.3M | $12.1M | $15.9M | $15.0M | $15.1M | $8.4M | $12.1M | $8.1M |
| Diluted EPS | $3.20 | $3.13 | $3.17 | $3.53 | $4.60 | $4.30 | $3.60 | $1.96 | $2.84 | $1.88 |
| Diluted shares | 0.00B | 0.00B | 0.00B | 0.00B | 0.00B | 0.00B | 0.00B | 0.00B | 0.00B | 0.00B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $10.4M | $12.3M | $10.5M | $11.0M | $19.7M | $17.0M | $17.7M | $24.2M | $9.8M | $9.9M |
| Capital expenditure | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.0M | $3.0M | $3.7M | $3.1M | $3.0M | $1.1M | $3.1M | $0.9M |
| Free cash flow | $8.7M | $10.6M | $9.5M | $7.9M | $16.0M | $13.9M | $14.7M | $23.1M | $6.7M | $9.0M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $0.0M | $1.4M | $2.6M | $1.9M | $3.2M | $4.6M | $6.0M | $7.2M | $7.3M | $6.2M |
| Stock-based compensation | $0.1M | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.3M | $0.4M | $0.6M | $0.7M | $0.7M | $0.6M | $0.4M |
| Acquisitions | — | $0.0M | $8.7M | $15.7M | — | $0.0M | −$33.8M | $0.0M | — | — |
| Dividends paid | $3.1M | $3.3M | $3.4M | $4.1M | $4.3M | $4.3M | $5.1M | $5.3M | $2.1M | $1.6M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $3.1M | $3.3M | $3.4M | $4.1M | $4.3M | $4.3M | $5.1M | $5.3M | $2.1M | $1.6M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $44.2M | $11.0M | $17.1M | $47.3M | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Loans, net | $576M | $613M | $756M | $898M | $953M | $953M | $1.5B | — | — | — |
| Deposits | $780M | $793M | $930M | $1.2B | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.8B | $1.8B | $1.8B | $1.7B |
| Property and equipment, net | $19.3M | $19.6M | $24.8M | $29.4M | $30.8M | $31.4M | $40.2M | $38.4M | $47.3M | $45.0M |
| Goodwill | $2.8M | $2.8M | $8.2M | $11.1M | $11.1M | $11.1M | $22.4M | $22.4M | $22.4M | $22.4M |
| Intangible assets | — | — | — | $5.1M | $4.1M | $3.1M | $4.8M | $3.3M | $1.9M | $1.2M |
| Total assets | $914M | $927M | $1.1B | $1.3B | $1.5B | $1.6B | $2.1B | $2.1B | $2.1B | $2.0B |
| Total liabilities | $830M | $835M | $995M | $1.2B | $1.3B | $1.5B | $1.9B | $2.0B | $1.9B | $1.8B |
| Preferred stock | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $84.1M | $92.1M | $101M | $134M | $152M | $157M | $130M | $147M | $151M | $175M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Net margin | 24.3% | 23.3% | 21.5% | 22.5% | 24.9% | 23.2% | 19.2% | 12.8% | 17.1% | 12.2% |
| FCF margin | 23.0% | 27.6% | 21.9% | 14.7% | 25.0% | 21.6% | 18.7% | 35.3% | 9.5% | 13.7% |
| Net interest share of revenue | 79.8% | 79.9% | 79.1% | 80.2% | 71.7% | 75.3% | 85.4% | 83.5% | 68.1% | 85.9% |
| Efficiency ratio | 65.6% | 66.2% | 72.2% | 69.5% | 65.0% | 72.3% | 78.9% | 84.6% | 81.8% | 88.0% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on equity | 10.9% | 10.2% | 9.6% | 10.3% | 11.2% | 9.7% | 10.5% | 6.0% | 8.1% | 5.0% |
| Return on assets | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.4% |
| Return on tangible equity | 11.2% | 10,038.0% | 10.0% | 10.3% | 11.7% | 10.5% | 14.6% | 6.9% | 9.5% | 5.4% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | — | 2.3% | 12.8% | 23.9% | 19.0% | 0.8% | 21.9% | −17.0% | 8.9% | −7.1% |
| Net income growth | — | −2.0% | 4.2% | 29.6% | 31.7% | −6.1% | 0.8% | −44.4% | 44.7% | −33.3% |
| EPS growth | — | −2.2% | 1.3% | 11.4% | 30.3% | −6.5% | −16.3% | −45.6% | 44.9% | −33.8% |
| FCF growth | — | 22.6% | −10.5% | −16.9% | 102.1% | −13.0% | 5.6% | 56.9% | −70.8% | 34.4% |
| Share count change | — | 0.2% | 3.0% | 16.1% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 20.6% | 2.1% | −0.2% | 0.4% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Loans / deposits | 73.9% | 77.3% | 81.4% | 77.8% | 73.2% | 66.5% | 84.5% | — | — | — |
| Provision / loans | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.2% | — | — | — | — |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 4.5% | 4.3% | 2.3% | 5.6% | 5.8% | 4.8% | 3.9% | 1.8% | 4.3% | 1.3% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.7% |
| Payouts / FCF | 36.2% | 30.7% | 36.0% | 51.6% | 26.8% | 31.0% | 34.5% | 23.1% | 30.7% | 17.2% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Accruals ratio | −0.1% | −0.4% | −0.1% | 0.1% | −0.3% | −0.1% | −0.1% | −0.8% | 0.1% | −0.1% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000919864). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.
