The IPO Buzz: Central Bancompany (CBC) Prices NASDAQ Uplisting at $21 – Low End

Missouri-based Central Bancompany (CBC) priced its NASDAQ Uplisting deal at $21.00 – the low end of its $21.00-to-$24.00 price range – and sold 17.8 million shares – the number of shares in the prospectus – to raise $373.38 million in its public offering on Wednesday night, Nov. 19, 2025. This was not an IPO.

Central Bancompany’s uplisting deal was priced after the bell on Wednesday. The pricing followed both “the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 snapping their four-day losing streaks as megacap technology names bounced back ahead of Nvidia earnings,” as MarketWatch reported.

Central Bancompany’s stock is expected to start trading today – Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 – on the NASDAQ under CBC – its new symbol – in this uplisting from the OTC Market.

At pricing, Central Bancompany had a market cap of $5.0 billion.

Morgan Stanley and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods acted as the lead joint book-runners.

The book-running team included BofA Securities, Piper Sandler and Stephens.

Central Bancompany (CBC), based in Jefferson City, Missouri, is the profitable parent of The Central Trust Bank, a community bank with branches in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Colorado and Florida. Its history goes back to 1902. The banking company is incorporated in Missouri.

Its flagship – The Central Trust Bank – operated a network of 156 full-service branches across 17 MSAs (metropolitan statistical  areas) as of June 30, 2025, the prospectus said. Most of its branches are in Missouri and Kansas. Additional branches are located in Oklahoma, Illinois and Colorado – plus one branch in Naples, Florida.

Over the past three years, the company built six new branches to expand its footprint in Oklahoma, Colorado and Florida, and grow its customer base, according to the prospectus. It  also “closed three branches in well-served markets,” the prospectus said.

“Over the next few years, we intend to expand our coverage in attractive metro opportunities with eight new branches planned for Greater St. Louis, Kansas City Metro and Denver, CO. On August 14, 2025, we received approval from the Federal Reserve to open a new branch in the Denver, CO MSA,”  the prospectus said.

As for dividends: Central Bancompany has a history of paying dividends. Worth Noting: On Oct. 10, 2025, the company announced a quarterly cash dividend on its Class A common stock of $0.155 per share – yes, 15.5 cents per share – payable Dec. 1, 2025, to all holders of record as of October 20, 2025.

Central Bancompany is highly profitable, according to financial statements in the prospectus: Net income of $320.7 million on revenue of $924.8 million for the 12 months that ended June 30, 2025.

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