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Investar Holding Corp

FinancialsBanks & Brokers
Ticker ISTRBATON ROUGE, LAFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $27.05Diluted shares 15.5M

Investar Holding Corporation operates as a financial holding company providing comprehensive commercial and retail banking services through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Investar Bank, National Association. The company maintains its principal executive offices in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and serves customers across south… From the company’s description.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-06-30
Sales & profitability
$93.63M
+7.1% year over year
Last 12 mo $119.73M
29.78%
+1.9 percentage points
Last 12 mo 34.46%
$22.90M
+13.1% year over year
Last 12 mo $33.61M
7.61%
−0.8 percentage points
Last 12 mo 8.00%
Cash & financing
$18.22M
+14.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $26.95M
$16.83M
+9.2% year over year
Last 12 mo $24.80M
8.28
Was 10.11× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 0.42
10.8M
+8.5% year over year
Last 12 mo 15.5M

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 operates as a financial holding company providing comprehensive commercial and retail banking services through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Investar Bank, National Association. The company maintains its principal executive offices in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and serves customers across south Louisiana, Texas, and Alabama through 36 full-service branches and an operations center.

The company's core business centers on lending activities, which comprised 83 percent of total revenue in 2025. Investar's lending portfolio is diversified across commercial real estate loans representing approximately 48 percent of total loans, commercial and industrial loans comprising 27 percent, construction and development loans at 7 percent, and residential real estate loans at 17 percent. The remaining portfolio consists of consumer loans representing less than 1 percent of total loans. Commercial real estate lending focuses on owner-occupied properties, multifamily housing, and farmland, while commercial and industrial lending includes working capital lines of credit, equipment financing, and public finance loans to governmental entities. The company exited the consumer mortgage origination business in the third quarter of 2023, though it maintains a portfolio of approximately $224.5 million in consumer mortgage loans.

Beyond lending, Investar provides deposit products including savings, checking, and money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts. The company offers treasury management services for business clients, including remote deposit capture, positive pay, wire transfers, and credit card processing. Consumer banking services encompass debit cards, mobile banking with smartphone deposit capability, and contactless banking options through interactive teller machines and online account opening.

As of December 31, 2025, the company reported consolidated total assets of $2.8 billion, net loans of $2.1 billion, total deposits of $2.4 billion, and stockholders' equity of $301.1 million. The company has completed eight whole-bank acquisitions since its 2006 charter, most recently acquiring Wichita Falls Bancshares, Inc. on January 1, 2026, which added $1.2 billion in assets and six additional branches to its Texas operations. Investar's strategy emphasizes consistent quality earnings through balance sheet optimization, originating primarily variable-rate loans while allowing higher-risk relationships to run off, combined with growth through strategic acquisitions and organic expansion in its core markets.

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
$-11.97M$23.95M$59.87M$95.79M$131.71M201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 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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