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NSTS Bancorp, Inc. (NSTS)

Financial Services | Banks - Regional | Waukegan, United States | NasdaqCM
13.99 USD -0.03 (-0.250%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 13.99 -0.01 (-0.010%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4:10 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:12 a.m. EDT

The immediate catalyst here is the announced merger agreement with Brookfield Bancshares, which sets a definitive exit price of $73.7 million for the company. This creates a massive theoretical upside from the current trading level, suggesting a speculative 'buy' based purely on the deal completion probability rather than intrinsic business value. However, the underlying business is currently unprofitable, with negative earnings per share and negative returns on both assets and equity, indicating a distressed operation that requires capital infusion to survive. Consequently, while the short-term rating is neutral-to-bearish regarding organic momentum due to the lack of independent growth drivers, the pending acquisition fundamentally alters the investment thesis to a binary event-driven play. There is no dividend income to provide a floor, and the long-term standalone fundamentals are too weak to support a buy-and-hold strategy without the merger.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL_104 ✓0.081513
AutoTheta0.083843
AutoETS0.085992
AutoARIMA0.085992
MSTL_82_1040.086849
MSTL0.086974
MSTL_820.096556

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_104

Forecast Reliability
Score 59%
H-stat 1.76
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.134
Excess Kurtosis -1.23
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Revenue per Share 2.246
Market Cap 68,799,600
Beta 0.22
Profit Margins -0.39%
Website https://www.northshoretrust.com

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.17563021
Address1 700 South Lewis Avenue
All Time High 14.05
All Time Low 8.25
Ask 18.04
Ask Size 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 7,570
Average Daily Volume3 Month 9,215
Average Volume 9,215
Average Volume10Days 7,570
Beta 0.222
Bid 10.06
Bid Size 2
Book Value 16.292
City Waukegan
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 13.99
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 14.025
Day Low 13.99
Display Name NSTS Bancorp
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 1.864
Enterprise Value 20,530,602
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.01
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NCM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 847 336 4438
Fifty Day Average 13.82682
Fifty Day Average Change 0.1631794
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.011801657
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 17.56302
Fifty Two Week High 14.05
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.06000042
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0042704926
Fifty Two Week Low 10.72
Fifty Two Week Low Change 3.2699995
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.30503726
Fifty Two Week Range 10.72 - 14.05
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,642,602,600,000
Float Shares 4,559,461
Full Exchange Name NasdaqCM
Full Time Employees 49
Fullday Change -0.0349998
Fullday Change Percent -0.249553
Fullday Price 13.99
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.0
Gross Profits 11,015,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.15965
Held Percent Institutions 0.25619
Implied Shares Outstanding 4,917,770
Industry Banks - Regional
Industry Disp Banks - Regional
Industry Key banks-regional
Ipo Expected Date 2,022-01-19
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary NSTS Bancorp, Inc. operates as a savings and loan holding company for North Shore Trust and Savings that provides banking products and services in Illinois. The company offers interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing checking, money market, savings, and time deposit accounts; and one- to four-family residential mortgages, multifamily and commercial real estate mortgages, construction, consumer loans, other collateral and unsecured personal loans. It also provides online banking services. The company operates through full-service banking offices in Lake County, Illinois; and three loan production offices in Chicago, Plainfield, and Aurora. NSTS Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Waukegan, Illinois.
Long Name NSTS Bancorp, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 68,799,600
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1681195266
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -43,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 68,971,724
Open 14.0
Operating Cashflow 14,521,000
Operating Margins 0.12569
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 847 336 4430
Post Market Change -0.010000229
Post Market Change Percent -0.07143021
Post Market Price 13.99
Post Market Time 1,787,947,805
Previous Close 14.025
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.8587037
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 6.2459917
Profit Margins -0.0039
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.034999847
Regular Market Change Percent -0.2495533
Regular Market Day High 14.025
Regular Market Day Low 13.99
Regular Market Day Range 13.99 - 14.025
Regular Market Open 14.0
Regular Market Previous Close 14.025
Regular Market Price 13.99
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 16,466
Return On Assets -0.00016000001
Return On Equity -0.00054000004
Revenue Growth 0.302
Revenue Per Share 2.246
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20204377
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Shares Outstanding 4,917,770
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0016
Shares Short 7,907
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 13,302
Short Name NSTS Bancorp, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0018000001
Short Ratio 1.05
Source Interval 15
State IL
Symbol NSTS
Total Cash 48,269,000
Total Cash Per Share 9.815
Total Debt 0
Total Revenue 11,015,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -0.01
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 12.757955
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.2320452
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.096570745
Type Disp Equity
Volume 16,466
Website https://www.northshoretrust.com
Zip 60,085