Robert Stallings, a director at Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), recently bought 20,000 shares. The buy increased his position by 3%, and came to a total cost of $425,600.
Stallings has been a monthly buyer of shares with buys as high as $580,000 of shares at one time. Another company director was a buyer of 2,000 shares in February for $117,560. There have been no insider sales over the past year.
Overall, Texas Capital Bancshares insiders own 1.6% of shares.
The regional bank is up 38% over the past year, about in-line with the overall stock market. TCBI has struggled operationally, with revenues sliding 55% over the past year and with the bank reporting losses overall.
However, shares trade at 14 times earnings, and a turnaround in profitability could allow shares to continue higher. The stock now trades at about 1.2 times its book value. Typically bank investors look for a book value below 1.0 to find a potential buyout bargain.
Action to take: The market is rewarding bank stocks right now, and TCBI shares have been on a tear the past few months. The momentum remains to the upside, so speculative investors may continue to like shares here.
Currently, TCBI does not pay a dividend.
For traders, options are limited. The March 2025 $80 calls, last trading for about $7.50, could see mid-double-digit returns from further upside in shares into early next year.
Disclosure: The author of this article has no position in the company mentioned here, but may trade after the next 72 hours. The author receives no compensation from any company mentioned in this article.
