SBFG (SB Financial Group) Piotroski F-Score: 8 (As of Jun. 25, 2026) — 33% Above Median


SBFG SB Financial Group Inc SBFG
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What is SB Financial Group Piotroski F-Score?

SB Financial Group SBFG -1.60% 64 Piotroski F-Score is 8 as of Jun. 25, 2026, which is 33% above its 10-year median of 6.00. GuruFocus rates SBFG with a GF Score™ of 64/100 and a GF Value™ of $22.02 (Fairly Valued). The stock has 3 warning signs investors should review. Among 1,497 Banks companies, SB Financial Group ranks better than 92.72% on this metric.

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 8, indicates a very healthy situation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

SB Financial Group has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

The historical rank and industry rank for SB Financial Group's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

SBFG' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 6   Max: 8
Current: 8

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of SB Financial Group was 8. The lowest was 3. And the median was 6.

SB Financial Group  (NAS:SBFG) Piotroski F-Score Explanation

The developer of the system is Joseph D. Piotroski is relatively unknown accounting professor who shuns publicity and rarely gives interviews.

He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in accounting in 1989, received an M.B.A. from Indiana University in 1994. Five years later, in 1999, after earning a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan, he became an associate professor of accounting at the University of Chicago.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers" (pdf).

He wanted to see if he can develop a system (using a simple nine-point scoring system) that can increase the returns of a strategy of investing in low price to book (referred to in the paper as high book to market) value companies.

What he found was something that exceeded his most optimistic expectations.

Buying only those companies that scored highest (8 or 9) on his nine-point scale, or F-Score as he called it, over the 20 year period from 1976 to 1996 led to an average out-performance over the market of 13.4%.

Even more impressive were the results of a strategy of investing in the highest F-Score companies (8 or 9) and shorting companies with the lowest F-Score (0 or 1).

Over the same period from 1976 to 1996 (20 years) this strategy led to an average yearly return of 23%, substantially outperforming the average S&P 500 index return of 15.83% over the same period.


SB Financial Group Piotroski F-Score Related Terms


SB Financial Group Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for SB Financial Group's Piotroski F-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

SB Financial Group Piotroski F-Score Chart

SB Financial Group Annual Data
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SB Financial Group Quarterly Data
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SBFG vs DIMC, AFBI, BEOB: Piotroski F-Score Comparison

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, SB Financial Group's Piotroski F-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Piotroski F-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


SB Financial Group Piotroski F-Score vs Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, SB Financial Group's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where SB Financial Group's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


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How is the Piotroski F-Score calculated?

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Mar26) TTM:Last Year (Mar25) TTM:
Net Income was 3.852 + 4.046 + 3.918 + 4.296 = $16.11 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -3.625 + 12.691 + 8.27 + -2.996 = $14.34 Mil.
Revenue was 17.176 + 16.578 + 16.42 + 17.424 = $67.60 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar25)
to the end of this year (Mar26) was
(1501.002 + 1486.301 + 1496.263 + 1545.367 + 1604.598) / 5 = $1526.7062 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar25) was $1,501.00 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $47.25 Mil.
Total Assets was $1,604.60 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $1,460.94 Mil.
Net Income was 3.113 + 2.354 + 3.635 + 2.158 = $11.26 Mil.

Revenue was 14.045 + 14.309 + 15.454 + 15.386 = $59.19 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar24)
to the end of last year (Mar25) was
(1336.012 + 1342.186 + 1393.949 + 1379.517 + 1501.002) / 5 = $1390.5332 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar24) was $1,336.01 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $54.70 Mil.
Total Assets was $1,501.00 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $1,369.48 Mil.

*Note: If the latest quarterly/semi-annual/annual total assets data is 0, then we will use previous quarterly/semi-annual/annual data for all the items in the balance sheet.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

Net income before extraordinary items for the year divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

SB Financial Group's current Net Income (TTM) was 16.11. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 2. Cash Flow Return on Assets (CFROA)

Net cash flow from operating activities (operating cash flow) divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

SB Financial Group's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 14.34. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 3. Change in Return on Assets

Compare this year's return on assets (1) to last year's return on assets.

Score 1 if it's higher, 0 if it's lower.

ROA (This Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar25)
=16.112/1501.002
=0.01073416

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar24)
=11.26/1336.012
=0.00842807

SB Financial Group's return on assets of this year was 0.01073416. SB Financial Group's return on assets of last year was 0.00842807. ==> This year is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)

Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)

Score 1 if CFROA > ROA, 0 if CFROA <= ROA.

SB Financial Group's current Net Income (TTM) was 16.11. SB Financial Group's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 14.34. ==> 14.34 <= 16.11 ==> CFROA <= ROA ==> Score 0.

Funding

Question 5. Change in Gearing or Leverage

Compare this year's gearing (long-term debt divided by average total assets) to last year's gearing.

Score 0 if this year's gearing is higher, 1 otherwise.

Gearing (This Year: Mar26)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar25 to Mar26
=47.251/1526.7062
=0.03094964

Gearing (Last Year: Mar25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar24 to Mar25
=54.702/1390.5332
=0.03933887

SB Financial Group's gearing of this year was 0.03094964. SB Financial Group's gearing of last year was 0.03933887. ==> This year is lower or equal to last year. ==> Score 1.

Question 6. Change in Working Capital (Liquidity)

Compare this year's current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) to last year's current ratio.

Score 1 if this year's current ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Total Current Assets and Total Current Liabilities reported. Thus, we use Total Assets and Total Liabilities to calculate current ratio for banks and insurance companies.

Current Ratio (This Year: Mar26)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=1604.598/1460.943
=1.09833033

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar25)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=1501.002/1369.476
=1.09604111

SB Financial Group's current ratio of this year was 1.09833033. SB Financial Group's current ratio of last year was 1.09604111. ==> This year's current ratio is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 7. Change in Shares in Issue

Compare the number of shares in issue this year, to the number in issue last year.

Score 0 if there is larger number of shares in issue this year, 1 otherwise.

SB Financial Group's number of shares in issue this year was 6.243. SB Financial Group's number of shares in issue last year was 6.502. ==> There is smaller number of shares in issue this year, or the same. ==> Score 1.

Efficiency

Question 8. Change in Gross Margin

Compare this year's gross margin (Gross Profit divided by sales) to last year's.

Score 1 if this year's gross margin is higher, 0 if it's lower.

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Gross Profit reported. Thus, we use net income instead of gross profit and calculate Net Margin for this score.

Net Margin (This Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=16.112/67.598
=0.23835025

Net Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=11.26/59.194
=0.19022198

SB Financial Group's net margin of this year was 0.23835025. SB Financial Group's net margin of last year was 0.19022198. ==> This year's net margin is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 9. Change in asset turnover

Compare this year's asset turnover (total sales for the year divided by total assets at the beginning of the year) to last year's asset turnover ratio.

Score 1 if this year's asset turnover ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Asset Turnover (This Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of This Year (Mar25)
=67.598/1501.002
=0.04503525

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar24)
=59.194/1336.012
=0.04430649

SB Financial Group's asset turnover of this year was 0.04503525. SB Financial Group's asset turnover of last year was 0.04430649. ==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=1+1+1+0+1+1+1+1+1
=8

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

SB Financial Group has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Frequently Asked Questions Learn more about Piotroski F-Score →
What does a Piotroski F-Score of 8 mean?
SB Financial Group (SBFG) has a Piotroski F-Score of 8 as of Jun. 25, 2026. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on SB Financial Group and its competitors. This is 33% above median its historical median of 6.00. Over the past decade, SB Financial Group's Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 3.00 to 8.00. According to the industry distribution chart, SB Financial Group ranks #109 out of 1497 companies in the Banks industry, placing it in the top 7.3%.
Is SB Financial Group's Piotroski F-Score too high?
SB Financial Group's current Piotroski F-Score of 8 is 33% above median its 10-year median of 6.00. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 3.00 to a high of 8.00. The Banks industry median Piotroski F-Score is 6.00. SB Financial Group's value of 8 is 33.3% above this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, SB Financial Group ranks #109 out of 1497 companies in the Banks industry, which is in the top quartile — a strong position relative to peers. Overall, SB Financial Group has a GF Score™ of 64/100 and is considered Fairly Valued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does SB Financial Group's Piotroski F-Score compare to DIMC and AFBI?
According to the Banks industry distribution chart, SB Financial Group ranks #109 out of 1497 companies for Piotroski F-Score. This places SB Financial Group in the top 7% of its industry — outperforming the majority of peers. The industry median Piotroski F-Score is 6.00. SB Financial Group's value of 8 is 33.3% above this benchmark. Historically, SB Financial Group's own Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 3.00 to 8.00 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 6.00 vs. the industry median of 6.00, SB Financial Group has consistently been above the industry average. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Piotroski F-Score for a Banks company?
The median Piotroski F-Score among Banks companies is 6.00, based on 1,497 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Piotroski F-Score significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Piotroski F-Score should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. SB Financial Group's current Piotroski F-Score of 8 is 33.3% above the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Piotroski F-Score mean?
A high Piotroski F-Score can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on SB Financial Group and its competitors. For the Banks industry, the median Piotroski F-Score is 6.00 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. SB Financial Group's current Piotroski F-Score is 8, which is 33% above median its own 10-year median of 6.00. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is SB Financial Group stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, SB Financial Group (SBFG) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is $22.02, compared to a current price of $23.43 — trading 6.4% above its estimated fair value. The current Piotroski F-Score is 8, which is 33% above median its 10-year median of 6.00 and 33.3% above the Banks industry median of 6.00. SB Financial Group's overall GF Score™ is 64/100 with 3 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Piotroski F-Score calculated?
Piotroski F-Score is calculated from a company's financial statements. For SB Financial Group (SBFG), the current Piotroski F-Score is 8 as of Jun. 25, 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is SB Financial Group (SBFG) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, SB Financial Group stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $23.43 is trading 6.4% above its estimated GF Value™ of $22.02. GuruFocus considers SB Financial Group to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for SBFG:

  • Piotroski F-Score: 8 (33% above median its 10-year median of 6.00)
  • GF Value™: $22.02 vs. price of $23.43 (6.4% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 64/100 with 3 warning signs
  • Industry Position: 33.3% above the Banks median (#109 of 1497)

No single metric tells the full story. See the SBFG stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


SB Financial Group Business Description

Address 401 Clinton Street, P.O. Box 467, Defiance, OH, USA, 43512
SB Financial Group Inc that provides a range of community banking services, including commercial and consumer lending, personal and business banking, treasury management and merchant services, personal wealth management and brokerage services, and other financial services to individuals, businesses, and municipalities. It operates in a single segment, which is Banking.
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