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Peer membership was fetched 2026-10-12.

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What the leading companies do

The first 5 companies below lead the ratings in this snapshot; equal ratings are ordered by ticker. Their company profiles describe different businesses even when they share the Banc of California, Inc. (BANC) selection.

These are company descriptions, not estimates of revenue from this theme. Industry membership does not identify a pure-play business or establish how much sales depend on it. Open the company profile and examine segment disclosures before treating an overlapping classification as equivalent exposure.

1. Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. Common Stock (ESQ): 4 / 5

   Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Esquire Bank, National Association that provides commercial banking products and services to legal and small businesses, and commercial and retail customers in the United States. The company offers checking, savings, money market, and time deposits, as well as certificates of deposit. It also provides commercial loans, such as short-term financing for inventory, receivables, the purchase of supplies, or other operating needs arising during the normal course of business, as well as loans to its qualified ISO customers; commercial lines of credit; consumer loans consisting of post-settlement consumer and structured settlement loans to plaintiffs and claimants, as well as loans to individuals for debt consolidation, medical expenses, living expenses, payment of outstanding bills, and other consumer needs; and real estate loans, such as multifamily, 1-4 family residential, commercial real estate, and construction loans, as well as merchant services, including portfolio acquisition loan, agent residual acquisition loan, working capital line of credit, and merchant term loan. In addition, it offers cash management, cash sweep, online and mobile banking, and individual retirement accounts. Further, it provides payment processing, ACH and administrative services, and law firm banking solutions. Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Jericho, New York.

2. Ameris Bancorp (ABCB): 3.5 / 5

   Ameris Bancorp operates as the bank holding company for Ameris Bank that provides range of banking services to retail and commercial customers. It operates through four segments: Banking Division, Retail Mortgage Division, Warehouse Lending Division, and Premium Finance Division. The company offers commercial and retail checking, regular interest-bearing savings, money market, individual retirement, and certificates of deposit accounts. It also provides commercial real estate, residential real estate mortgage, agricultural, and commercial and industrial loans; consumer loans, including motor vehicle, home improvement, and home equity loans, as well as loans secured by savings accounts and personal credit lines. In addition, the company originates, administers, and services commercial insurance premium loans, equipment finance loans, and small business administration loans. Further, it operates full-service domestic banking offices, and mortgage and loan production offices. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

3. Amalgamated Financial Corp. Common Stock (DE) (AMAL): 3.5 / 5

   Amalgamated Financial Corp. operates as the bank holding company for Amalgamated Bank that provides commercial and retail banking, investment management, and trust and custody services in the United States. The company accepts various deposit products, including non-interest-bearing accounts, interest-bearing demand products, savings accounts, money market accounts, NOW accounts, time deposits, and certificates of deposit. It also provides residential real estate mortgage, commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, multifamily mortgage, consumer solar, and consumer and other loans. In addition, the company offers online banking, bill payment, online cash management, safe deposit box rentals, debit card, and ATM card services; and trust, custody, and investment management services, including asset safekeeping, corporate actions, income collections, proxy services, account transition, asset transfers, and conversion management; investment products, such as index and actively-managed funds, which include equity, fixed-income, real estate, and alternative investments; and investment, brokerage, asset management, and insurance products. Amalgamated Financial Corp. was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

4. Axos Financial, Inc. Common Stock (AX): 3.5 / 5

   Axos Financial, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a consumer and business banking provider in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Banking Business and Securities Business. It offers deposits products, including consumer and business checking, savings, time deposit, and commercial and deposits. The company also provides residential single family, multifamily, and commercial mortgage loans; commercial real estate secured, commercial and industrial non-real estate, and auto and consumer loans. In addition, it offers a range of investment and wealth management services, such as disclosed clearing, recordkeeping, trade reporting, and reorganization assistance services, as well as margin loans and securities lending services. The company was formerly known as BofI Holding, Inc. and changed its name to Axos Financial, Inc. in September 2018. Axos Financial, Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

5. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA): 3.5 / 5

   Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. provides retail banking, wholesale banking, and asset management services primarily in Spain, Mexico, Turkey, South America, rest of Europe, the United States, and Asia. The company offers savings accounts, demand deposits, and time deposits; and residential mortgage, other household, credit card, and enterprises and public sector loans, as well as consumer finance. It provides insurance and asset management business, including corporate, commercial, SME, payment systems, retail, private and investment banking, pension and life insurance, leasing, factoring, and brokerage. The company provides its products through online and mobile channels. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. was founded in 1857 and is headquartered in Bilbao, Spain.

Valuation and company size within this selection

These summaries use the 99 displayed companies. Each company retains its own market observation date in the ratings table above. Medians are unweighted; they are not a sector index valuation.

Positive P/E and price-to-book values are summarized separately. Missing, zero and negative values are excluded from those medians, with the included count shown. A lower multiple alone does not establish better value: profitability, growth, debt and business mix can differ.

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Dates and coverage

Report dates range from 2025-12-31 to 2025-12-31. Market observations range from 2026-11-06 to 2026-11-06. These dates may differ across companies. Daily closes are not synchronized live quotes.

The selection includes 0 companies without a report, 0 with invalid latest rating metadata, 0 with older reports, 1 with missing required fundamentals and 0 with out-of-date market observations. Missing companies receive no substitute score.

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