Added to YB: 2026-08-03
Pitch date: 2026-07-31
ESQ [neutral]
Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
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Company Info
Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Esquire Bank, National Association that provides commercial banking products and services to legal and small businesses, and commercial and retail customers in the United States.
Market Cap
$1.1B
Pitch Price
N/A
Price Target
N/A
Dividend
0.62%
EV/EBITDA
N/A
P/E
21.33
EV/Sales
N/A
Sector
Banks
Category
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Company a Day #11: Esquire Financial
ESQ (overview): NY-based specialty bank with 2 national verticals: financing contingency-fee law firms' case-cost cycle (case inventory as collateral) & acquiring-bank sponsorship for merchant payments via ISOs. Branch-light, high-margin relationship model w/ sticky deposits (trust, escrow, reserves). Pending Aug 2026 Signature Bancorp (Chicago) acquisition. Risks: vertical concentration, probabilistic case collateral, chargebacks, processor dependence, integration & key-person risk.
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