CIVISTA BANCSHARES INC (CIVB)
Financials · regional banking · NASDAQ
Civista Bancshares is a regional financial services company providing commercial and retail banking, along with specialized equipment leasing and wealth management, primarily serving the Ohio and Indiana markets.
What CIVISTA BANCSHARES INC does
Civista Bancshares is a financial holding company that operates primarily through its subsidiary, Civista Bank, providing a range of commercial and retail banking services. The company's operations include traditional deposit and loan products, general equipment leasing and financing, and wealth management services. It serves customers across various communities in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky.
Themes: regional banking, equipment leasing / finance, wealth management, commercial lending, financial holding company
Fundamentals
- Price$27.60 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$574M as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+38.8% 2025-08-21 close $19.89 → 2026-08-21 close $27.60
- P/E10.99 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+27.3% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+10.1% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.19 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-8.1% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.65 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-07-23 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +4.2%; at least 5 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.
How CIVB compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 525 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 538 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 534 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 575 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 10% 347 covered Financials peers
- indicated dividend yieldmiddle range 453 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 431 covered Financials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Financials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, CIVB's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 26%, free-cash-flow payout 28%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout26% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout28% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How CIVISTA BANCSHARES INC looks technically
CIVISTA BANCSHARES INC (CIVB) is trading 11.9% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 183 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 14, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 40, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day low about 3 trading days ago. Trading volume is running unusually high — about 3.1× its 30-day average, a sign of heightened interest.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 11.9% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +11.9% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $28.14 | $28.14 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $24.66 | $24.66 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 11 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 11 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 183 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 183 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 14, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 14.1 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 40, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 39.7 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($27.07 to $29.33) — its "stochastic" reading is 23 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 23.5 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in negative territory (momentum leaning bearish) | 17 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $29.75 | $29.75 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 7.2% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -7.2% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 40.3% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +40.3% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 7.2% below its highest point of the past year | 7.2% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 3 trading days ago | 3 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 19 trading days ago | 19 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $29.75 (set on 2026-08-03) | $29.75 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($19.89 to $29.30), and it has given back roughly a quarter of its rise from last year’s low — 18% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $23.18 to $23.48. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 18.1% |
| From the all-time high | it is 7.2% below its all-time high | -7.2% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 2.0% below a resistance level at $28.14 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-05-04, most recently on 2026-08-10. Since 2024-08-21 it has 15 such levels below the current price and 2 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +2.0% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $3.21 (set on 2011-10-07) | $3.21 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 759.8% above its all-time low | +759.8% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 31st percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.6402 between its high and its low — about 2.3% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.6402 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $27.49 and $29.62 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $27.49 – $28.55 – $29.62 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.3% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.3% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 4.6 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (11.9% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 4.6 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is running unusually high — about 3.1× its 30-day average, a sign of heightened interest | 3.06× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.7% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.7% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.4% gap down opened on 2026-07-23 has been "filled" 21 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 21 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed higher 2 sessions in a row, a +0.4% move over the run — an unbroken run of up days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 5.9 percentage points (the stock lost 3.6% while the market gained 2.3%) | -5.9% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 4.5 percentage points (the stock gained 7.6% while the market gained 3.1%) | +4.5% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 1.9 percentage points (the stock gained 13.0% while the market gained 11.1%) | +1.9% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 18.3 percentage points (the stock gained 38.8% while the market gained 20.5%) | +18.3% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, outperforming the market over 6 months, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a fresh 20-day low, MACD momentum is negative — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 0.0% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is moderate, spanning 3.0% of the share price. | +0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 7% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $25.75 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +7.2% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 3% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-23 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $28.45 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 22 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -3.0% |
Price levels it has turned at before
CIVB last closed at $27.60 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 15 prices below its last close and 2 above; the 3 nearest below and the 2 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $28.14 | Resistance | 2.0% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-05-04 to 2026-08-10 |
| $26.15 | Support | 5.2% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-05-19 to 2026-07-13 |
| $29.32 | Resistance | 6.2% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-07-02 to 2026-07-16 |
| $25.50 | Support | 7.6% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-07-03 to 2026-02-06 |
| $24.88 | Support | 9.9% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-12-16 to 2026-06-02 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Unusually heavy trading volume · Broke down to a new 20-day low · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · Under water since its last earnings report (below the anchored VWAP) · Trading above the Ichimoku cloud | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · volume and relative volume
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (2.17 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 6 analysts
- Mean price target$31.17 range $29.00 – $33.00; median $31.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-19. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for CIVB
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.695 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-19
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["sensitivity to interest rate fluctuations affecting net interest margin","credit risk associated with loan and lease portfolio performance","risks related to integrating acquired entities and their technology systems"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of CIVB's 10-Q filed 2026-05-08 against the prior one filed 2025-11-05.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- supply chain issues or labor shortages (added to economic conditions bullet in 2026-05-08 filing)
- potential or imposed tariffs (added to economic conditions bullet in 2026-05-08 filing)
- a U.S. withdrawal from or significant renegotiation of trade agreements (added to economic conditions bullet in 2026-05-08 filing)
- Removed:
- pending FSB Merger language removed; replaced with 'recent FSB Merger' (2025-11-05 filing referenced 'pending FSB Merger'; 2026-05-08 filing refers to 'recent FSB Merger')
- language about failure to consummate FSB Merger on current terms or at all removed (2025-11-05 filing)
- language about negative impact on common share price from failure to complete FSB Merger removed (2025-11-05 filing)
- language about market price affecting factors post-closing of FSB Merger removed (2025-11-05 filing)
- duplicate bullet point regarding internal control over financial reporting removed (older filing had this bullet repeated)
- Reworded:
- Introduction changed from 'focuses on' to 'reviews' the consolidated financial condition
- Introduction changed comparison period from 'September 30, 2025 compared to December 31, 2024' to 'March 31, 2026 compared to December 31, 2025'
- Introduction changed scope from 'three and nine months ended September 30, 2025' to 'three months ended March 31, 2026'
- First economic conditions bullet changed from 'current or future government shutdown' to 'government shutdowns' (plural, more general)
- First economic conditions bullet changed from 'tariffs, trade wars' to 'potential or imposed tariffs' and separate mention of 'trade wars' with additional language about trade regulations
- Strategic growth initiatives bullet changed from 'past, pending, and possible future acquisitions' to 'past and possible future acquisitions' (removed 'pending')
- FSB Merger bullet substantially condensed: removed contingency language about whether merger will be consummated and impact on share price; focused only on post-closing integration risks
- Notes:
- The older filing text appears truncated at the end (cuts off mid-sentence on ESG policies bullet), so comparison of final sections is incomplete
- The page number changed from Page 40 to Page 39, indicating potential formatting or length differences in the overall document
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales are on record for CIVB — recent Form 4 activity was compensation-related (awards, option exercises, or tax withholding), not open-market buying or selling.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsOnly open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding CIVB as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 1,955,970
- Reported value $44,576,546
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 2 increased, 3 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
CIVB had 501,143 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
CIVB had 2.41% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 4.23 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 501,143
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 2.41%
- Prior settlement (shares) 414,597
- Reported change 20.87%
- Days to cover (reported) 4.23
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- First Financial Bancorp (FFBC)
- Park National Corporation (PRK)
- Premier Financial Corp (PFC)
- WesBanco (WSBC)
- Huntington Bancshares (HBAN)
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Frequently asked questions
What does CIVISTA BANCSHARES INC (CIVB) do?
Civista Bancshares is a financial holding company that operates primarily through its subsidiary, Civista Bank, providing a range of commercial and retail banking services. The company's operations include traditional deposit and loan products, general equipment leasing and financing, and wealth management services. It serves customers across various communities in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky.
What sector is CIVISTA BANCSHARES INC (CIVB) in?
CIVISTA BANCSHARES INC (CIVB) is classified in the Financials sector. Its industry is regional banking. It trades on NASDAQ.
Does CIVB pay a dividend?
Yes — CIVISTA BANCSHARES INC (CIVB) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 4.15% and at least 5 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are CIVISTA BANCSHARES INC's (CIVB) competitors?
Notable peers of CIVISTA BANCSHARES INC (CIVB) include First Financial Bancorp, Park National Corporation, Premier Financial Corp, WesBanco and Huntington Bancshares. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is CIVISTA BANCSHARES INC (CIVB) overbought or oversold right now?
CIVISTA BANCSHARES INC (CIVB) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 40, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on CIVB come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.