Maltese Capital Management LLC

In its 13F for Q3 2025 (holdings as of September 30, 2025, filed November 14, 2025), Maltese Capital Management LLC reported 119 stock positions worth $648.1 million. Its top holding was Citigroup (C) at 3.3% of the portfolio, followed by Amerant Bancorp (AMTB, 2.9%) and Western Alliance Bancorp (WAL, 2.5%). Compared with Q2 2025, it opened 16 new positions, sold out of 16, added to 34 and reduced 65. The biggest buy was US Bancorp (USB, shares +1320%) and the biggest sale Wells Fargo (WFC, shares −64%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
New York, NY
CIK
0001040762
Portfolio Value
$648.1M (Q3 2025)
SEC Filing
0000919574-25-007015 ↗ filed Nov 14, 2025

Holdings Value

0$200.0M$400.0M$600.0M$800.0M Q1 2024: $512.7M Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $534.4M Q2 2024 Q3 2024: $611.2M Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $647.1M Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $607.3M Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $705.9M Q2 2025 Q3 2025: $648.1M $648.1M Q3 2025 Q4 2025: $553.7M Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $498.3M Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $538.3M Q2 2026

Holdings 119 stocks · $648.1M

C Citigroup Inc. 3.28% 209,300 $21.2M Reduce -30.2%
AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc. 2.88% 967,318 $18.6M Reduce -7.2%
WAL Western Alliance Bancorp 2.48% 185,000 $16.0M Reduce -8.0%
NBHC National Bank Hold Class A 2.47% 414,000 $16.0M Add +2.2%
WBS Webster Financial Corp. 2.47% 268,800 $16.0M Add +3.4%
MTB M & T Bank Corp. filed as M & T BK CORP 2.44% 80,000 $15.8M Reduce -23.8%
SSB Southstate Bank Corp. 2.17% 142,500 $14.1M Add +16.3%
USB US Bancorp 2.12% 284,000 $13.7M Add +1320.0%
MCHB Mechanics Bancorp Class A 2.08% 1,014,105 $13.5M Reduce -7.8%
HBNC Horizon Bancorp Inc. 2.08% 841,700 $13.5M Add +9.3%
EQBK Equity Bancshares Inc. Class A 2.05% 326,000 $13.3M No change
FFWM First Foundation Inc. 2.00% 2,330,149 $13.0M Add +5.4%
WSBC Wesbanco Inc. 1.98% 401,981 $12.8M Reduce -11.0%
QCRH QCR Holdings Inc. 1.83% 156,900 $11.9M Reduce -45.0%
FCNCA First Citizens Bcshs Class A 1.80% 6,515 $11.7M Reduce -24.2%
CCNE CNB Financial Corp. 1.79% 478,200 $11.6M Add +228.4%
COF Capital One Financial Corp. 1.61% 49,000 $10.4M Reduce -10.9%
FHN First Horizon Corp. 1.60% 460,000 $10.4M Reduce -17.9%
FRST Primis Financial Corp. 1.60% 986,918 $10.4M Reduce -3.8%
MOFG Midwestone Financial Group I 1.59% 363,402 $10.3M Add +5.6%
BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP 1.51% 190,000 $9.8M Reduce -24.0%
ABCB Ameris Bancorp 1.46% 129,000 $9.5M Reduce -45.7%
ZION Zions Bancorp NA 1.40% 160,000 $9.1M Reduce -36.8%
FSBC Five Star Bancorp 1.38% 277,400 $8.9M Reduce -4.9%
CHYM Chime Financial Inc. Class A 1.32% 422,812 $8.5M Add +4.8%
UMBF Umb Financial Corp. 1.30% 71,000 $8.4M Reduce -25.6%
COLB Columbia Banking System Inc. 1.21% 305,500 $7.9M Add +205.5%
UNTY Unity Bancorp Inc. 1.17% 155,300 $7.6M Add +0.2%
IBOC International Bancshares CRP 1.16% 109,400 $7.5M Add +9.4%
IVZ Invesco Ltd. 1.11% 315,000 $7.2M Add +110.0%
EFSI Eagle Financial Services Inc. 1.11% 190,000 $7.2M Reduce -12.6%
CARE Carter Bankshares Inc. 1.11% 369,000 $7.2M Add +1.1%
BLK BlackRock Inc. 1.09% 6,071 $7.1M Add +34.9%
FSUN Firstsun Capital Bancorp 1.05% 175,000 $6.8M Reduce -23.9%
FCCO First Community Corp. 1.04% 239,731 $6.8M Add +5.3%
PFBC Preferred Bank/Los Angeles 1.01% 72,500 $6.6M Add +3.6%
NPB Northpointe Bancshares Inc. 1.00% 380,800 $6.5M Reduce -34.9%
WFC Wells Fargo & Co. 1.00% 77,500 $6.5M Reduce -63.5%
CFG Citizens Financial Group 1.00% 122,116 $6.5M Add +43.7%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.00% 20,500 $6.5M Reduce -36.9%
MIAX Miami International Holdings 0.99% 160,000 $6.4M New
JCAP Jefferson Capital Inc. 0.95% 356,166 $6.1M Add +24.2%
VLY Valley National Bancorp 0.93% 570,000 $6.0M Reduce -11.3%
SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. 0.92% 62,500 $6.0M Add +25.0%
BY Byline Bancorp Inc. 0.92% 215,000 $6.0M Reduce -16.2%
ISTR Investar Holding Corp. 0.89% 248,853 $5.8M Reduce -3.6%
CIVB Civista Bancshares Inc. 0.89% 284,000 $5.8M Add +93.2%
FISI Financial Institutions Inc. 0.89% 211,000 $5.7M Reduce -4.1%
RNST Renasant Corp. 0.87% 152,500 $5.6M Reduce -41.4%
AVBH Avidbank Holdings Inc. 0.87% 220,000 $5.6M New
BBT Beacon Financial Corp. 0.84% 230,470 $5.5M Reduce -10.5%
WABC Westamerica Bancorporation 0.82% 106,500 $5.3M Reduce -46.8%
INDB Independent Bank Corp. 0.82% 76,500 $5.3M Add +17.7%
KEY Keycorp 0.81% 280,000 $5.2M Reduce -36.4%
EWBC East West Bancorp Inc. 0.78% 47,500 $5.1M Reduce -20.8%
IBCP Independent Bank Corp. - Mich 0.74% 155,000 $4.8M Add +77.9%
EFSC Enterprise Financial Service 0.72% 80,000 $4.6M Add +6.7%
SF Stifel Financial Corp. 0.71% 40,350 $4.6M Reduce -34.3%
USCB Uscb Financial Holdings Inc. 0.71% 262,123 $4.6M Reduce -9.4%
MGYR Magyar Bancorp Inc. 0.64% 239,100 $4.1M No change
JHG Janus Henderson Group PLC 0.62% 90,000 $4.0M Reduce -21.7%
CBNK Capital Bancorp Inc. 0.60% 121,176 $3.9M Reduce -3.1%
UBSI United Bankshares Inc. 0.59% 102,500 $3.8M Reduce -10.9%
MBWM Mercantile Bank Corp. 0.57% 82,000 $3.7M Reduce -18.0%
FFBC First Financial Bancorp 0.56% 142,500 $3.6M Add +171.4%
TOWN Towne Bank 0.55% 102,500 $3.5M Add +7.9%
OPBK Op Bancorp 0.52% 242,167 $3.4M Reduce -1.2%
AUB Atlantic Union Bankshares Co. 0.50% 92,000 $3.2M Reduce -21.7%
HBCP Home Bancorp Inc. 0.49% 58,200 $3.2M Reduce -9.7%
WTFC Wintrust Financial Corp. 0.48% 23,727 $3.1M Reduce -70.3%
BWB Bridgewater Bancshares Inc. 0.48% 175,000 $3.1M Reduce -1.9%
KKR KKR & Co. Inc. 0.47% 23,550 $3.1M New
FMBH First Mid Bancshares Inc. 0.47% 80,000 $3.0M Reduce -18.8%
CCBG Capital City Bank Group Inc. 0.47% 72,400 $3.0M Reduce -14.8%
HBAN Huntington Bancshares Inc. 0.45% 170,000 $2.9M Reduce -26.1%
WT Wisdomtree Inc. 0.43% 200,000 $2.8M Reduce -36.5%
WNEB Western New England Bancorp 0.41% 222,500 $2.7M Reduce -11.9%
IROQ If Bancorp Inc. 0.39% 97,500 $2.5M Reduce -2.3%
HTBK Heritage Commerce Corp. 0.38% 251,175 $2.5M Add +32.2%
PCB PCB Bancorp 0.38% 115,727 $2.4M Add +3.2%
BAM Brookfield Asset Mgmt-A 0.36% 41,386 $2.4M Reduce -17.2%
BCOW 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin Inc. 0.35% 207,000 $2.3M Reduce -2.6%
EQFN Equitable Financial Corp. 0.35% 147,513 $2.2M No change
ACNB Acnb Corp. 0.34% 50,700 $2.2M Add +112.3%
ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings I 0.31% 20,000 $2.0M Reduce -25.9%
CRBG Corebridge Financial Inc. 0.31% 62,500 $2.0M New
NP Neptune Insurance Holdi Class A 0.31% 100,000 $2.0M New
CMA Comerica Inc. 0.29% 27,500 $1.9M New
HOMB Home Bancshares Inc. 0.28% 65,000 $1.8M Reduce -13.3%
WRIV White River Bancshares Co. 0.26% 36,000 $1.7M Reduce -10.0%
ARES Ares Management Corp. Class A 0.25% 10,000 $1.6M Reduce -71.4%
CG The Carlyle Group Inc. 0.24% 25,000 $1.6M New
SFNC Simmons First Natl Corp. Class A 0.24% 81,322 $1.6M New
BKU Bankunited Inc. 0.24% 40,000 $1.5M Reduce -38.5%
PEBK Peoples Bancorp of NC 0.23% 49,346 $1.5M Add +9.7%
BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. filed as BANK NEW YORK MELLON CORP 0.23% 13,700 $1.5M Reduce -8.7%
MBBC Marathon Bancorp Inc. 0.22% 135,100 $1.4M Add +0.1%
WLFC Willis Lease Finance Corp. 0.21% 10,083 $1.4M Reduce -6.5%
COFS Choiceone Financial SVCS Inc. 0.20% 45,359 $1.3M Reduce -12.8%
HOPE Hope Bancorp Inc. 0.20% 118,287 $1.3M Reduce -26.1%
BLSH Bullish 0.19% 19,300 $1.2M New
FFIC Flushing Financial Corp. 0.19% 87,626 $1.2M Reduce -6.8%
SBCF Seacoast Banking Corp. 0.18% 37,413 $1.1M Reduce -21.2%
CADE Cadence Bank 0.17% 30,000 $1.1M New
SFST Southern First Bancshares 0.17% 25,500 $1.1M New
FITB Fifth Third Bancorp 0.17% 25,000 $1.1M Reduce -80.8%
AFBI Affinity Bancshares Inc. 0.16% 53,480 $1.1M Add +13.8%
TCBC TC Bancshares Inc. 0.16% 49,900 $1.0M Add +12.4%
AX Axos Financial Inc. 0.13% 10,000 $847K New
ONB Old National Bancorp 0.13% 38,487 $845K Reduce -88.8%
CTBI Community Trust Bancorp Inc. 0.13% 15,000 $839K New
ECBK Ecb Bancorp Inc. 0.11% 45,500 $722K No change
PFS Provident Financial Services 0.11% 37,280 $719K New
AVBC Avidia Bancorp Inc. 0.11% 48,000 $717K New
CBAN Colony Bankcorp 0.10% 38,329 $652K Add +22.0%
FVCB Fvcbankcorp Inc. 0.06% 27,630 $358K Reduce -7.9%
OBT Orange County Bancorp Inc. 0.03% 7,921 $200K Reduce -93.4%
TRST Trustco Bank Corp. NY 0.03% 5,000 $182K Reduce -80.9%
MRBK Meridian Corp. 0.02% 7,969 $126K New
Other holdings (5): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $12.2M (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
INVESTAR HOLDING CORP (ISTR 6.5 PERP AI) NON 13F SECURITY 238,090$5.9MNew
FLAGSTAR BANK NA (FLG 6 11/01/51) UNIT 05/07/2051 57,000$2.3MReduce -2.1%
BANC OF CALIFORNIA INC (BANC V7.75 PERP F) NON 13F SECURITY 88,028$2.2MReduce -10.2%
MERCHANTS BANCORP (MBIN V8.25 PERP) Preferred 52,000$1.3MReduce -13.3%
MERCHANTS BANCORP (MBIN 7.625 PERP) Preferred 22,000$508KReduce -26.4%

Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $660.3M.

Portfolio Sells Q2 2025 → Q3 2025

WFC Wells Fargo & Co. Reduce -63.5% 1.00% −1.41
TFC Truist Financial Corp. Sold out 0.00% −1.31
ESSA Essa Bancorp Inc. Sold out 0.00% −1.16
WTFC Wintrust Financial Corp. Reduce -70.3% 0.48% −0.92
QCRH QCR Holdings Inc. Reduce -45.0% 1.83% −0.91
ONB Old National Bancorp Reduce -88.8% 0.13% −0.91
ABCB Ameris Bancorp Reduce -45.7% 1.46% −0.72
ARES Ares Management Corp. Class A Reduce -71.4% 0.25% −0.61
FITB Fifth Third Bancorp Reduce -80.8% 0.17% −0.59
FCNCA First Citizens Bcshs Class A Reduce -24.2% 1.80% −0.59
SEIC Sei Investments Company Sold out 0.00% −0.57
WABC Westamerica Bancorporation Reduce -46.8% 0.82% −0.55
BUSE First Busey Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.49
ZION Zions Bancorp NA Reduce -36.8% 1.40% −0.46
RNST Renasant Corp. Reduce -41.4% 0.87% −0.46
VCTR Victory Capital Holding - A Sold out 0.00% −0.45
BEN Franklin Templeton Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.45
MTB M & T Bank Corp. Reduce -23.8% 2.44% −0.45
OBT Orange County Bancorp Inc. Reduce -93.4% 0.03% −0.41
PNC PNC Financial Services Group Sold out 0.00% −0.40
C Citigroup Inc. Reduce -30.2% 3.28% −0.34
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. Reduce -36.9% 1.00% −0.34
STBA S & T Bancorp Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.29
KEY Keycorp Reduce -36.4% 0.81% −0.28
TRMK Trustmark Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.26
SF Stifel Financial Corp. Reduce -34.3% 0.71% −0.20
BANC Banc of California Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.18
BAC Bank of America Corp. Reduce -24.0% 1.51% −0.16
BHF Brighthouse Financial Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.15
PBBK PB Bankshares Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.15
LPLA LPL Financial Holdings Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.13
NPB Northpointe Bancshares Inc. Reduce -34.9% 1.00% −0.13
UMBF Umb Financial Corp. Reduce -25.6% 1.30% −0.12
PB Prosperity Bancshares Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.12
TRST Trustco Bank Corp. NY Reduce -80.9% 0.03% −0.10
HBAN Huntington Bancshares Inc. Reduce -26.1% 0.45% −0.09
BKU Bankunited Inc. Reduce -38.5% 0.24% −0.09
MBWM Mercantile Bank Corp. Reduce -18.0% 0.57% −0.09
FSUN Firstsun Capital Bancorp Reduce -23.9% 1.05% −0.08
WT Wisdomtree Inc. Reduce -36.5% 0.43% −0.08
EWBC East West Bancorp Inc. Reduce -20.8% 0.78% −0.08
FHN First Horizon Corp. Reduce -17.9% 1.60% −0.08
SLG SL Green Realty Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.07
BBT Beacon Financial Corp. Reduce -10.5% 0.84% −0.07
FMBH First Mid Bancshares Inc. Reduce -18.8% 0.47% −0.06
BY Byline Bancorp Inc. Reduce -16.2% 0.92% −0.05
COF Capital One Financial Corp. Reduce -10.9% 1.61% −0.05
ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings I Reduce -25.9% 0.31% −0.05
HOPE Hope Bancorp Inc. Reduce -26.1% 0.20% −0.05
WSBC Wesbanco Inc. Reduce -11.0% 1.98% −0.04

Portfolio Buys Q2 2025 → Q3 2025

USB US Bancorp Add +1320.0% 2.12% +1.99
CCNE CNB Financial Corp. Add +228.4% 1.79% +1.31
MIAX Miami International Holdings New 0.99% +0.99
COLB Columbia Banking System Inc. Add +205.5% 1.21% +0.88
AVBH Avidbank Holdings Inc. New 0.87% +0.87
IVZ Invesco Ltd. Add +110.0% 1.11% +0.78
SSB Southstate Bank Corp. Add +16.3% 2.17% +0.58
KKR KKR & Co. Inc. New 0.47% +0.47
CFG Citizens Financial Group Add +43.7% 1.00% +0.46
WBS Webster Financial Corp. Add +3.4% 2.47% +0.45
BLK BlackRock Inc. Add +34.9% 1.09% +0.42
CIVB Civista Bancshares Inc. Add +93.2% 0.89% +0.41
FFWM First Foundation Inc. Add +5.4% 2.00% +0.41
HBNC Horizon Bancorp Inc. Add +9.3% 2.08% +0.40
FFBC First Financial Bancorp Add +171.4% 0.56% +0.37
IBCP Independent Bank Corp. - Mich Add +77.9% 0.74% +0.34
NBHC National Bank Hold Class A Add +2.2% 2.47% +0.31
CRBG Corebridge Financial Inc. New 0.31% +0.31
NP Neptune Insurance Holdi Class A New 0.31% +0.31
CMA Comerica Inc. New 0.29% +0.29
SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. Add +25.0% 0.92% +0.27
FCCO First Community Corp. Add +5.3% 1.04% +0.26
CG The Carlyle Group Inc. New 0.24% +0.24
SFNC Simmons First Natl Corp. Class A New 0.24% +0.24
INDB Independent Bank Corp. Add +17.7% 0.82% +0.24
IBOC International Bancshares CRP Add +9.4% 1.16% +0.22
CARE Carter Bankshares Inc. Add +1.1% 1.11% +0.21
ACNB Acnb Corp. Add +112.3% 0.34% +0.20
JCAP Jefferson Capital Inc. Add +24.2% 0.95% +0.20
BLSH Bullish New 0.19% +0.19
MOFG Midwestone Financial Group I Add +5.6% 1.59% +0.18
CADE Cadence Bank New 0.17% +0.17
SFST Southern First Bancshares New 0.17% +0.17
PFBC Preferred Bank/Los Angeles Add +3.6% 1.01% +0.15
UNTY Unity Bancorp Inc. Add +0.2% 1.17% +0.14
AX Axos Financial Inc. New 0.13% +0.13
EFSC Enterprise Financial Service Add +6.7% 0.72% +0.13
CTBI Community Trust Bancorp Inc. New 0.13% +0.13
HTBK Heritage Commerce Corp. Add +32.2% 0.38% +0.12
PFS Provident Financial Services New 0.11% +0.11
AVBC Avidia Bancorp Inc. New 0.11% +0.11
TOWN Towne Bank Add +7.9% 0.55% +0.09
TCBC TC Bancshares Inc. Add +12.4% 0.16% +0.06
PEBK Peoples Bancorp of NC Add +9.7% 0.23% +0.05
PCB PCB Bancorp Add +3.2% 0.38% +0.04
AFBI Affinity Bancshares Inc. Add +13.8% 0.16% +0.04
CBAN Colony Bankcorp Add +22.0% 0.10% +0.03
MBBC Marathon Bancorp Inc. Add +0.1% 0.22% +0.03
MRBK Meridian Corp. New 0.02% +0.02
CHYM Chime Financial Inc. Class A Add +4.8% 1.32% −0.66

Notes & Other Activity Q2 2025 → Q3 2025

INVESTAR HOLDING CORP (ISTR 6.5 PERP AI) NON 13F SECURITY New 238,090 $5.9M
FLAGSTAR BANK NA (FLG 6 11/01/51) UNIT 05/07/2051 Reduce -2.1% 57,000 $2.3M
BANC OF CALIFORNIA INC (BANC V7.75 PERP F) NON 13F SECURITY Reduce -10.2% 88,028 $2.2M
MERCHANTS BANCORP (MBIN V8.25 PERP) Preferred Reduce -13.3% 52,000 $1.3M
MERCHANTS BANCORP (MBIN 7.625 PERP) Preferred Reduce -26.4% 22,000 $508K

Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages above.

All Filings

QuarterPositions13F Reported ValueTop Holdings
Q2 2026 97$538.3MSSB, USB, FSUN, FRST, NBHC
Q1 2026 101$498.3MSSB, FFWM, CCNE, C, EQBK
Q4 2025 104$553.7MSSB, C, FFWM, EQBK, WBS
Q3 2025 119$648.1MC, AMTB, WAL, NBHC, WBS
Q2 2025 119$705.9MC, MTB, QCRH, AMTB, WFC
Q1 2025 112$607.3MC, AMTB, FCNCA, MTB, WFC
Q4 2024 109$647.1MC, AMTB, WFC, USB, FCNCA
Q3 2024 98$611.2MFCNCA, C, USB, AMTB, WTFC
Q2 2024 89$534.4MC, WFC, FCNCA, WTFC, EWBC
Q1 2024 86$512.7MC, FCNCA, BANC, WTFC, WAL