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Investar Holding Corporation (ISTR)

Financial Services | Banks - Regional | Baton Rouge, United States | NasdaqGM
28.70 USD +0.58 (2.063%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 28.70
Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 3:25 p.m. EDT

ISTR presents a mixed picture for short-term and long-term investors. The stock has shown some upward momentum in recent days, with a closing price of $28.54, slightly above the 50-day average of $28.19. However, the price has not consistently broken out of the recent range, and the forward PE ratio of 8.27 suggests potential undervaluation. The dividend yield of 1.53% is modest, with consistent but low payouts, indicating a stable but not high-yield dividend strategy. The recent news highlights dividend announcements and insider transactions, which could be positive for investor confidence. Despite the positive momentum, the overall risk rating of 4 and the recent earnings growth of -2.8% suggest caution. Long-term investors may consider the stock as a potential buy if the fundamentals improve and the dividend remains consistent, but short-term traders should remain cautious due to the lack of strong upward momentum and the volatile nature of the financial sector.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.031378
AutoETS0.031674
AutoTheta0.036990
AutoARIMA0.059943

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 80%
H-stat 0.28
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.232
Excess Kurtosis -1.24
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-30
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-30
Revenue per Share 9.495
Market Cap 394,625,760
Trailing P/E 13.47
Forward P/E 8.32
Beta 0.52
Profit Margins 24.54%
Website https://www.investarbank.com

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.40% 1.87% 2.47% 2.27%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-31 0.110 0.403374
2025-12-31 0.110 0.413368
2025-09-30 0.110 0.477835
2025-06-30 0.110 0.576788
2025-03-31 0.105 0.607409
2024-12-31 0.105 0.489971
2024-09-30 0.105 0.557265
2024-07-01 0.100 0.680163
2024-03-28 0.100 0.636904
2023-12-29 0.100 0.703130
2023-09-29 0.100 0.996564
2023-06-30 0.100 0.879631
2023-03-30 0.095 0.717594
2022-12-29 0.095 0.477455
2022-09-29 0.095 0.516283
2022-06-29 0.090 0.450840
2022-03-30 0.085 0.487804
2021-12-30 0.080 0.482123
2021-09-29 0.080 0.404860
2021-06-29 0.080 0.395129
2021-03-26 0.070 0.376655
2020-12-24 0.065 0.436848
2020-10-02 0.065 0.562389
2020-07-02 0.060 0.477549
2020-04-03 0.060 0.618858
2019-12-27 0.060 0.282862
2019-10-04 0.060 0.290183
2019-07-05 0.055 0.266113
2019-04-05 0.053 0.269221
2018-12-28 0.050 0.232514
2018-10-04 0.045 0.195072
2018-07-06 0.040 0.156265
2018-04-06 0.035 0.159974
2018-01-02 0.032 0.157033
2017-10-03 0.030 0.144050
2017-06-30 0.022 0.111310
2017-03-27 0.020 0.104719
2016-12-30 0.012 0.074691
2016-10-03 0.011 0.082698
2016-06-29 0.010 0.074654
2016-03-31 0.009 0.071356
2015-12-30 0.009 0.060196
2015-09-30 0.008 0.060136
2015-06-30 0.008 0.061314
2015-03-30 0.007 0.047299
2014-12-31 0.007 0.058935
2014-10-10 0.007 0.061173
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.44
dividendYield 1.53
exDividendDate 2026-03-31
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.435
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.015469416
lastDividendValue 0.11
lastDividendDate 2026-03-31
dividendDate 2026-04-30

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.6902238
Address1 10,500 Coursey Boulevard
All Time High 31.77
All Time Low 8.49
Ask 28.78
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 6
Average Daily Volume10 Day 147,800
Average Daily Volume3 Month 136,056
Average Volume 136,056
Average Volume10Days 147,800
Beta 0.52
Bid 28.6
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 3
Book Value 27.627
City Baton Rouge
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 28.7
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 29.14
Day Low 28.52
Display Name Investar Holding
Dividend Date 1,777,507,200
Dividend Rate 0.44
Dividend Yield 1.53
Earnings Growth -0.154
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.028
Earnings Timestamp End 1,776,715,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,776,715,200
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 5.766
Enterprise Value 538,124,736
Eps Current Year 3.16333
Eps Forward 3.45
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.13
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,774,915,200
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 225 757 7116
Fifty Day Average 28.155
Fifty Day Average Change 0.5450001
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.019357132
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 69.022385
Fifty Two Week High 31.77
Fifty Two Week High Change -3.0699997
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.09663203
Fifty Two Week Low 16.3
Fifty Two Week Low Change 12.400002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.76073635
Fifty Two Week Range 16.3 - 31.77
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,404,221,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.03
Float Shares 11,809,759
Forward Eps 3.45
Forward P E 8.318841
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Full Time Employees 319
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.0
Gross Profits 93,327,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.09207
Held Percent Institutions 0.48037
Implied Shares Outstanding 13,750,026
Industry Banks - Regional
Industry Disp Banks - Regional
Industry Key banks-regional
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,774,915,200
Last Dividend Value 0.11
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Investar Holding Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Investar Bank that provides a range of commercial banking products to individuals, professionals, and small to medium-sized businesses in south Louisiana, southeast Texas, and Alabama in the United States. The company offers various deposit products and services, such as savings, checking, money market, and individual retirement accounts, as well as various certificates of deposit; debit and credit cards; internet, mobile, and video banking services; and reciprocal deposit products. It also provides commercial real estate loans; commercial and industrial loans, including working capital lines of credit and equipment loans; construction and development loans comprising loans for the construction of commercial projects, and single family residential and multifamily properties; one-to-four family residential real estate loans, which includes second mortgage loans; and consumer loans, such as secured or unsecured loans, installment or term loans, home equity loans and lines of credit, business purpose loans, and auto loans, as well as loans for personal, family, and household purposes. In addition, the company offers treasury management products, including remote deposit capture, virtual vaults, positive pay, automated clearing house origination, credit card processing, wire transfers, investment sweep accounts, and business internet banking services. Further, it provides various other banking services, such as cashier's checks, direct deposit of payroll and social security checks, night depository, bank-by-mail, ATMs with deposit automation, electronic statements, interactive teller machines, online account opening, online bill payment, online fund transfer, Zelle money transfer solutions, and mobile wallet payment option services. Investar Holding Corporation was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Long Name Investar Holding Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 394,625,760
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_257190537
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 21,848,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 394,046,930
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 28.52
Operating Cashflow 18,216,000
Operating Margins 0.30196
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 0.2042
Phone 225 227 2222
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 28.7
Post Market Time 1,776,456,605
Previous Close 28.12
Price Eps Current Year 9.072718
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.0388389
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 4.2284203
Profit Margins 0.24542
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.5799999
Regular Market Change Percent 2.0625885
Regular Market Day High 29.14
Regular Market Day Low 28.52
Regular Market Day Range 28.52 - 29.14
Regular Market Open 28.52
Regular Market Previous Close 28.12
Regular Market Price 28.7
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,001
Regular Market Volume 249,291
Return On Assets 0.00824
Return On Equity 0.08446
Revenue Growth 0.148
Revenue Per Share 9.495
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 7
Shares Outstanding 13,744,225
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.020599999
Shares Short 282,792
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 148,181
Short Name Investar Holding Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.0226
Short Ratio 1.79
Source Interval 15
State LA
Symbol ISTR
Target High Price 34.0
Target Low Price 32.5
Target Mean Price 33.16667
Target Median Price 33.0
Total Cash 53,165,000
Total Cash Per Share 3.867
Total Debt 166,311,008
Total Revenue 93,327,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.435
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.015469416
Trailing Eps 2.13
Trailing P E 13.474178
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 25.1688
Two Hundred Day Average Change 3.5312004
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.1403007
Type Disp Equity
Volume 249,291
Website https://www.investarbank.com
Zip 70,816