Catalyst Bancorp, Inc. is focused on operating as a holding company of the St Landry Homestead Federal Savings Bank providing various banking services to individual and corporate clients in Louisiana. The company is headquartered in Opelousas, Louisiana.
| Revenue (TTM) | $11.35M |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $11.35M |
| EBITDA | — |
| Operating Margin | 23.10% |
| Return on Equity | 2.49% |
| Return on Assets | 0.72% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $3.13 |
| Book Value | $20.26 |
| Price-to-Book | 0.80 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 5.89 |
| EV/Revenue | 6.74 |
| EV/EBITDA | — |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | -4.70% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 9.80% |
| Shares Outstanding | $4.05M |
| Float | $2.93M |
| % Insiders | 17.45% |
| % Institutions | 26.47% |
Volatility is currently expanding
CLST is poised for growth, supported by a transformational acquisition, healthy liquidity, improving credit trends and an expanding commercial banking footprint.
OPELOUSAS, La., June 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Catalyst Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: "CLST") ("Catalyst"), the parent company for Catalyst Bank (www.catalystbank.com), and Lakeside Bancshares, Inc. (OTC Markets: "LKSB") ("Lakeside"), the parent company for Lakeside Bank, announced today that Lakeside shareholders have approved the pending merger with Catalyst and all required regulatory approvals have been obtained with respect to the previously announced mergers.
CLST and LARK appear to have solid growth catalysts at reasonable valuations.
Explore why Zacks initiated coverage on CLST with an "Outperform" rating, being the first on Wall Street to initiate coverage on the stock. Discover how a transformative acquisition, strengthening liquidity and solid credit quality could support long-term shareholder value creation.
OPELOUSAS, La., April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Catalyst Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: "CLST") (the "Company"), the parent company for Catalyst Bank (the "Bank") (www.catalystbank.com), reported net income of $558,000, or $0.15 per diluted common share ("diluted EPS"), for the first quarter of 2026, compared to net income of $456,000, or $0.13 diluted EPS, for the fourth quarter of 2025.
OPELOUSAS, La., April 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Catalyst Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: "CLST") ("Catalyst"), the parent company for Catalyst Bank (www.catalystbank.com), and Lakeside Bancshares, Inc. (OTC Markets: "LKSB") ("Lakeside"), the parent company for Lakeside Bank, announced today the signing of a definitive Agreement and Plan of Share Exchange and Merger (the "Merger Agreement") under which Catalyst will acquire Lakeside in an all-cash transaction.
