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Financial Institutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISI) is a bank holding company headquartered in Warsaw, New York, with approximately $6.3 billion in assets as of December 31, 2025. The company operates through Five Star Bank a...

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6/ 10Solid

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Undervalued regional bank with improving fundamentals and strong community roots, offering dividend yield (3.96%) and recovery...

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Industry Regional Banking & Financial Services
3 named competitors
3 recent developments
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Financial Institutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISI) is a bank holding company headquartered in Warsaw, New York, with approximately $6.3 billion in assets as of December 31, 2025. The company operates through Five Star Bank and related subsidiaries, providing comprehensive banking, wealth management, and financial services to consumer, commercial, and municipal customers across Western and Central New York.

Strategic Profile

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FISI positions itself as a diversified community bank with expanded wealth and investment management capabilities through subsidiaries including Courier Capital and HNP Capital. The company rebounded from challenging 2024 performance, demonstrating improved fundamentals in 2025 with profitability metrics showing a return on assets of 1.27% in Q4 2025, and is viewed as a potential value opportunity in the regional banking sector.

Competitive Landscape

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FISI competes in the regional banking sector against mid-sized community banks like Horizon Bancorp and First Business Financial Services, as well as larger national banks. FISI's advantages include deep roots in Western/Central New York market, established branch network of 45+ offices, and diversified service offerings. The competitive landscape remains challenged by interest rate pressures and ongoing consolidation in regional banking.

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Financial Institutions, Inc. operates in Regional Banking & Financial Services.

Key facts

Founded: 1817 · Headquarters: Warsaw, New York · Employees: 600 · Market cap: $641M

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Community BankingMid-sized regional bank competitorWealth ManagementRegional financial services competitorCommunity BankingRegional banking competitor

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Financial Institutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISI) is a bank holding company headquartered in Warsaw, New York, with approximately $6.3 billion in assets as of December 31, 2025. The company operates through Five Star Bank a...
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Financial Institutions, Inc. has a Cyborg Score of 6/10 (Solid). The score synthesizes business model, financials, leadership, competitive position, technology, marketing, and ESG dimensions across hundreds of data points.
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Named competitors include Community Banking, Wealth Management, Community Banking. The full competitive landscape is in the AskCyborg report.
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