TRST
TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST) Economic Moat Analysis (2026)
Overall Score
Scale Market Position
Regional banking franchise with a market cap near $1.0B and enterprise value around $1.08B, indicating a meaningful but not dominant market position.
Revenue per share of $13.75 and price-to-sales of 4.04 suggest a stable operating base, but not a clear scale advantage.
Pricing Power Margins
Gross margin remains strong at 62.5%, while EBIT margin is 17.7% and EBITDA margin is 20.1%, showing decent spread capture.
Net profit margin of 27.0% is supported by non-operating items and does not by itself prove a durable moat.
Returns On Capital
Return on invested capital is only 0.5%, which is too low to indicate a strong economic moat.
Return on equity of 9.6% is acceptable, but it is not translating into strong returns on the capital actually deployed.
Balance Sheet Resilience
Liquidity remains weak with a current ratio of 0.41 and negative working capital of $63.9M.
Leverage is manageable at 2.06x net debt to EBITDA, but interest coverage of 0.48x and debt service coverage of 0.14x point to limited financial flexibility.
Customer Stickiness Franchise Durability
Receivables turnover of 16.3x and a 22.4-day operating cycle suggest reasonably efficient customer collection and stable operating rhythms.
No evidence in the current data set of a distinct switching-cost or network-effect advantage.
Sources
- Company filings (10-K, 10-Q, investor presentations)
- Financial and market data providers
- Public news and industry information
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