FISI carries a perfect 4-quarter earnings beat streak, attractive PEG valuation, and a 32% margin of safety within a breakout technical setup, but has already reached its price target, causing a negative asymmetry gate failure.
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- Attractive Valuation With Margin Of Safety→Stable
- Earnings Beat Streak Catalyst→Stable
- Target Reached Negative Asymmetry→Stable
- +2 more pillars — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Financial Institutions, Inc. (FISI) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup · Catalyst-Driven edge
Financial Services · Banks - Regional
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $37.64, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Loan Portfolio: commercial mortgage loans (50.3%); Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining.
Financial Institutions, Inc. is a New York-based financial holding company operating through Five Star Bank (99% of consolidated assets), a 48-branch community bank serving Western and Central New York plus commercial loan production offices in Baltimore, Maryland and Syracuse,... Read more
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $37.64, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Loan Portfolio: commercial mortgage loans (50.3%); Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining. Chart setup: RSI 54 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Score 6.1/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 16d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
About Financial Institutions, Inc.
About Financial Institutions, Inc.
Financial Institutions, Inc., a $6.27 billion-asset bank holding company, operates through Five Star Bank — 48 full-service branches across Western and Central New York counties plus commercial loan production offices in Baltimore, Maryland and Syracuse, New York — and Courier Capital, a registered investment advisor with $3.60 billion in assets under management. Commercial mortgage loans made up 50.3% of the Bank's loan portfolio at December 31, 2025, with consumer indirect/automobile loans at 17%, commercial business loans at 16%, and residential real estate at 16%.
Five Star Bank funds its $4.61 billion loan book with $5.29 billion of deposits gathered through a branch network holding leading local market share in several counties — including 67.34% in Wyoming County and above 33% in Seneca and Steuben counties — while competing for share in larger, more competitive markets like Erie (Buffalo, 0.67% share) and Monroe (Rochester, 2.23% share) counties. Commercial mortgage lending, mostly secured by first liens and amortized over 15 to 30 years, is the largest single loan category at 50.3% of the portfolio, while the consumer book is concentrated in indirect automobile loans originated through franchised new-car dealers across Western, Central, and the Capital District of New York. Courier Capital, the company's fee-based wealth management, investment consulting, and retirement-plan business, contributed $11.6 million of revenue in 2025 and opened a Sarasota, Florida office in September 2025 — its first location outside the bank's traditional New York and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania footprint.
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Financial Institutions' results are tied tightly to one region: the 10-K states that the majority of its operations are concentrated in the Western and Central New York regions, so its results depend largely on economic conditions there and in surrounding areas rather than a nationally diversified footprint. That geographic concentration compounds an asset-class concentration within the loan book — commercial mortgages alone account for 50.3% of total loans, more than three times the next-largest category — so a downturn specific to Western/Central New York commercial real estate would flow through a materially larger share of the balance sheet than a proportionate, diversified loan mix would suggest.
See also: Financial Services · Banks - Regional
From Financial Institutions, Inc.'s most recent 10-K filing, extracted July 6, 2026.
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- HIGHloan_portfoliocommercial mortgage loans50%10-K Item 1: 'our commercial mortgage loan portfolio totaled $2.34 billion, or 50.3% of our total loan portfolio'
- LOWloan_portfolioconsumer indirect automobile loans17%10-K Item 1: 'our consumer indirect portfolio totaled $807.3 million, or 17% of our total loan portfolio. Outstanding consumer loan balances were concentrated in indirect automobile loans.'
- LOWloan_portfoliocommercial business loans16%10-K Item 1: 'our commercial business loan portfolio totaled $738.3 million, or 16% of our total loan portfolio'
- MEDIUMGeographicWestern and Central New York10-K Item 1A: 'The majority of our operations are concentrated in the Western and Central New York regions. As a result of this geographic concentration, our results depend largely on economic conditions in these and surrounding areas.'
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Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $37.64, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Loan Portfolio: commercial mortgage loans (50.3%); Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining. Chart setup: RSI 54 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Target $39.45 (+4.8%), stop $35.72 (−5.4%), A.R:R -2.6:1. Score 6.1/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $39.45 (+4.8% upside). Target $39.45 (+4.8%), stop $35.72 (−5.4%), A.R:R -2.6:1. Stop-loss: $35.72.
Concentration risk — Loan Portfolio: commercial mortgage loans (50.3%); Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Negative momentum.
Financial Institutions, Inc. trades at a P/E of 10.1 (forward 9.3). TrendMatrix value score: 9.2/10. Verdict: Hold.
8 analysts cover FISI with a consensus score of 4.0/5. Average price target: $39.
What does Financial Institutions, Inc. do?Financial Institutions, Inc. is a New York-based financial holding company operating through Five Star Bank (99% of...
Financial Institutions, Inc. is a New York-based financial holding company operating through Five Star Bank (99% of consolidated assets), a 48-branch community bank serving Western and Central New York plus commercial loan production offices in Baltimore, Maryland and Syracuse, New York, and Courier Capital, a registered investment advisor with $3.60 billion in assets under management. At December 31, 2025, the company had $6.27 billion in total assets, $5.21 billion in deposits, and a loan portfolio concentrated in commercial mortgages (50.3%), consumer indirect/automobile loans (17%), commer