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Investar Holding Corp

FinancialsBanks & Brokers
Ticker ISTRBATON ROUGE, LAFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $26.33Diluted shares 15.7M

Investar Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: ISTR) is a financial holding company that conducts its banking operations through Investar Bank, National Association, serving individuals, professionals, and small to medium-sized businesses in Louisiana, Texas, and Alabama. Its products include commercial real estate, commercial… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Investar Holding Corp reported revenue of $132.55M, up 41.9% from a year earlier, and net income of $39.09M. Its pre-tax margin was 36.2%. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $93.63M, up 7.1% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $22.90M.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-09-30
Sales & profitability
$93.63MFY2025
+7.1% year over year
Last 12 mo $132.55M
29.78%FY2025
+1.9 percentage points
Last 12 mo 36.21%
$22.90MFY2025
+13.1% year over year
Last 12 mo $39.09M
7.61%FY2025
−0.8 percentage points
Last 12 mo 9.44%
Cash & financing
$18.22MFY2025
+14.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $31.14M
$16.83MFY2025
+9.2% year over year
Last 12 mo $29.32M
8.28FY2025
Was 10.11× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 8.23
10.8MFY2025
+8.5% year over year
Last 12 mo 15.7M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Investar Holding Corp does

In the company’s own words

Investar Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: ISTR) is a financial holding company that conducts its banking operations through Investar Bank, National Association, serving individuals, professionals, and small to medium-sized businesses in Louisiana, Texas, and Alabama. Its products include commercial real estate, commercial and industrial, construction, residential mortgage, and consumer loans, along with checking, savings, money market, and certificate-of-deposit accounts, treasury management, and digital banking services. The company reports one operating segment. Lending generated 83% of total revenue in 2025. At December 31, 2025, Investar had $2.8 billion in total assets and operated 36 full-service branches; on January 1, 2026, it completed the acquisition of Wichita Falls Bancshares, adding six branches in Texas. Since its bank was chartered in 2006, the company has completed eight whole-bank acquisitions. Its website is www.investarbank.com.

Company details
Sector
Financials
Industry (SIC)
Banks & Brokers
Headquarters
BATON ROUGE, LA
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
1602658
SIC
6022

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2014–2025 · USD
$-13.25M$26.51M$66.27M$106.04M$145.80M201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Investar Holding Corp — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

139
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$81.06M
held by funds, at market
20.2%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · Investar Holding Corp’s weight in each

VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.01%of fund net assets
Royce Micro-Cap Fund
RYOTX · ROYCE FUND
0.97%of fund net assets
VANGUARD EXTENDED MARKET INDEX FUND
VXF · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF
IWN · iShares Trust
0.03%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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