Old Second Bancorp (OSBC) just packed several shareholder focused moves into a single week. Third quarter earnings, a completed share repurchase tranche, a fresh cash dividend and a vice chairman retirement now sit in view.
Despite the flurry of October announcements, Old Second Bancorp’s share price has cooled slightly in the very short term, with a 1-day share price return of down 1.13% and a 7-day share price return of down 1.81%. However, the year-to-date share price return of 25.41% and 1-year total shareholder return of 33.42% signal momentum that has been building over a longer stretch. This has been reinforced by multi year total shareholder returns of 87.83% over three years and 92.67% over five years as investors react to earnings, buybacks and a growing dividend stream.
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Most Popular Narrative: 13% Undervalued
On Simply Wall St’s most followed view, Old Second Bancorp’s fair value of $28.00 sits above the last close of $24.43, which frames today’s pullback as pricing in less than the full earnings potential implied by that narrative.
The growing national specialty lending and powersports portfolio, with APRs above 10% and contribution margins above 8% even with loss rates around 2%, provides Old Second Bancorp with a higher yielding engine that can support revenue and net margin resilience.
See why 1 investors see Old Second Bancorp as 13% undervalued.
Result: Fair Value of $28.00 (UNDERVALUED)
Still, that high margin lending engine only works if credit costs stay contained, and Old Second Bancorp’s concentrated Illinois exposure leaves earnings sensitive to local shocks.
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