Nicolet Bankshares (NIC)
What the price implies
A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.
At a market value of $3.5B, Nicolet Bankshares's free cash flow of $149M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 7% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.
Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Nicolet Bankshares's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.
Fundamental grade
Five factors scored 1 to 9 from NIC's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.
Key numbers
Results from SEC filings
Fiscal years, from Nicolet Bankshares's 10-K filings. Ten years of the full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow.
| Fiscal year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $225M | $298M | $277M | $350M | $392M |
| Net income | $61M | $94M | $62M | $124M | $151M |
| Free cash flow | $85M | $105M | $89M | $117M | $149M |
| EPS (diluted) | $5.44 | $6.56 | $4.08 | $8.05 | $9.78 |
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — |
Superinvestors who own NIC
From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 2 of the investors we track hold it.
| Investor | Last quarter | Value | % of portfolio | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Nasgovitz Heartland Advisors |
Held | $9M | 0.41% | Q2 2026 |
| Cliff Asness AQR Capital Management |
Trimmed | $3M | 0.00% | Q2 2026 |
Insider buying
Open-market purchases by Nicolet Bankshares's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you. Every purchase since records began.
| Date | Insider | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2025 | Hubert Phillip Moore Jr |
25 | $120.35 | $3,009 |
| Nov 4, 2025 | Christopher J Ghidorzi |
105 | $121.52 | $12,760 |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Hubert Phillip Moore Jr |
240 | $115.84 | $27,802 |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Robert J Weyers |
3,000 | $115.73 | $347,190 |
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Questions
What growth does Nicolet Bankshares's stock price imply?
At a market value of $3.5B, Nicolet Bankshares would need its free cash flow to grow about 7% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 25% a year.
Are Nicolet Bankshares insiders buying the stock?
4 open-market insider purchases of NIC in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.
Which superinvestors own Nicolet Bankshares?
2 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold NIC in their latest 13F, including Will Nasgovitz, Cliff Asness.
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Prices and ratios as of Oct 11, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.