Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. (CFFN) Stock

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. (CFFN) is a Financials stock trading at $8.70 (as of 2026-09-02), with a market capitalization of $1.09B and a trailing P/E of 13.3. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. operates as the holding company for Capitol Federal Savings Bank that provides various retail banking products and services in the United States. The company accepts a range of deposit products, including savings accounts, money market deposit accounts, interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing checking accounts, and certificates of deposit. It also provides various loan products, such as one- to four-family residential real estate loans, commercial real estate, commercial and industrial, and construction loans, as well as consumer loans, which include home equity, loans and lines of credit, home improvement loans, vehicle loans, and loans secured by saving deposits. In addition, the company offers mobile, telephone, and online banking services, as well as bill payment services; operates a call center; and invests in various securities. It operates a network of 54 branches, including 45 traditional branches and nine in-store branches located in nine counties throughout Kansas and two counties in Missouri. The company serves the metropolitan areas of Topeka, Wichita, Lawrence, Manhattan, Emporia, and Salina, Kansas, and a portion of the metropolitan area of greater Kansas City. Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Topeka, Kansas.

Understand Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.: how it makes money

Capitol Federal is a small community bank that takes retail deposits and lends them out as home mortgages, commercial real estate, and small business loans, earning the interest spread. Most of its loan book is commercial, and it is funded by a base of local relationship deposits, both insured and uninsured.

The entire profit model is the net interest spread: CFFN keeps the gap between what local depositors earn and what commercial and residential borrowers pay, with commercial lending doing the heavy lifting on the yield side.

Business quality (Solid): Solid. A 28% operating margin and 8% ROE on a $100M quarterly revenue base indicate a stable, profitable community lender, though the ROE trails what many growth investors expect from a bank with 9% annualized loan growth.

Valuation: At 13× earnings, CFFN trades in line with the Banking average (13×).

Bull case

  • Commercial book compounding at 9%: Annualized loan growth of 9.0% is running on a $2.32B ending commercial loan portfolio, meaning the highest-yielding part of the balance sheet is expanding meaningfully each year.
  • Sits at a fair discount: At a P/E of 12.7x, CFFN trades 2% below the 13x banking industry average while posting a 28% operating margin, leaving little downside if credit stays contained.

Bear case

  • Small base, outsized event risk: Quarterly revenue of just $100M means a single large commercial default or a rate shock could move the profit line by a material percentage, with no diversified product lines to absorb the hit.
  • Uninsured deposit flight risk: The bank carries $0.63B in uninsured deposits, a non-trivial share of its funded growth; in a jitters scenario those balances can migrate quickly, forcing more expensive wholesale funding or asset sales.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$8.70
Market Cap$1.09B
P/E Ratio13.3
EV / EBITDA9.5
Price / Book1.07
Price / Sales2.63
FCF Yield4.6%
DCF Value (model)$7.40
DCF Upside vs Price-14.9%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$16.30M
Net Margin417.3%
Revenue Growth (YoY)5.5%
EPS Growth (YoY)35.7%
FCF Growth (YoY)72.4%
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E13.3
Sector P/E (Financials)14.9
Industry P/E (Banking)12.7
vs Sector-11.0%
vs Industry4.5%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderBlackRock, Inc. ($129.54M)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Company
SectorFinancials
IndustryBanking
CEOJohn Dicus
Employees583
CountryUS
IPO Date1999-04-01

Related Companies (Banking; 8 comparable banks)

  • Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (KFFB)
  • Catalyst Bancorp, Inc. (CLST)
  • BankUnited, Inc. (BKU)
  • First Seacoast Bancorp (FSEA)
  • Central Plains Bancshares, Inc. Common Stock (CPBI)
  • First Capital, Inc. (FCAP)
  • Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (NFBK)
  • BV Financial, Inc. (BVFL)
CFFN earnings history · CFFN institutional & insider holders · CFFN KPIs & operating metrics · CFFN financials · CFFN investor presentations & press releases · CFFN SEC filings · CFFN peers · Congress trades · Insider trades · Short interest · Stock screener

Data as of 2026-09-02.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.