Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
Close on Oct 19, 2026
- Market cap
- $1.02B
- P/E (TTM)
- 19.3
- Dividend yield
- 0.60%
About Esquire Financial
Commercial Banks, NEC, SIC 6029
Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Esquire Bank, National Association, offering commercial and retail banking services alongside payment processing solutions. The organization tailors specialized credit and treasury offerings to the nationwide legal community, extending working capital lines, case cost financing, and term loans while managing claimant escrow and operating deposit accounts. Concurrently, it delivers merchant payment acquiring, transaction processing, and commercial clearing services to small business merchants across the country, primarily partnering through independent sales organizations.
Operating on a nationwide scale for its litigation-focused products and merchant payment acquiring activities, the institution also maintains branch locations serving commercial and retail clients within the New York and Los Angeles metropolitan markets. Lending relationships reach clients across thirty-three states, while payment services encompass ninety-three thousand small business merchants across all fifty states. The company maintains its corporate headquarters in Jericho, New York.
Summary of the business section of Esquire Financial's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
- Headquarters
- Jericho, NY
- Address
- 100 Jericho Quadrangle, Suite 100 11753
- Phone
- (800) 996-0213
- Website
- esquirebank.com
- Employees
- 151, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Commercial Banks, NEC
- Incorporated in
- Maryland
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Auditor
- Crowe LLP, Livingston, New Jersey
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- ESQ
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- IPO date
- Jun 27, 2017
- Shares outstanding
- 12M, Aug 1, 2026
- Public float
- $676.60M, Jun 30, 2025
- Filer category
- Accelerated filer
- SEC CIK
- 1531031
- CUSIP
- 29667J101
- ISIN
- US29667J1016
- EIN
- 00-0000000
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew C. Sagliocca | Vice Chairman, President & CEO, Director | 288,798 |
| Michael G. O'Rourke | President of Chicago Bank Div, Director | 91,309 |
| Martin S. Korn | EVP and CTO | 38,799 |
| Ari P. Kornhaber | EVP and Head of Corp Dev | 121,739 |
| Eric S. Bader | EVP and COO | 141,116 |
| Michael Lacapria | SVP & Chief Financial Officer | 20,856 |
| Richard T. Powers | Director | 58,233 |
| Anthony Coelho | Director | 118,177 |
| Leonard Caronia | Director | 101,906 |
| Robert Mitzman | Director | 144,679 |
| Selig Zises | Director | 123,850 |
| Todd Deutsch | Director | 72,401 |
| Joseph Melohn | Director | 147,753 |
| Rena Nigam | Director | 2,620 |
| Kevin C. Waterhouse | Director | 147,352 |
| Raymond Francis Kelly | Director | 753 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Andrew C. Sagliocca | $3.77M | $6.98M | $1.68M | $532 | $168 |
| FY2024 Andrew C. Sagliocca | $1.84M | $6.20M | $1.28M | $414 | $130 |
| FY2024 Andrew CSagliocca | $1.84M | $6.20M | $1.28M | $414 | $130 |
| FY2023 Andrew C. Sagliocca | $3.08M | $4.07M | $1.90M | $260 | $98 |
| FY2023 Andrew CSagliocca | $3.08M | $4.07M | $1.90M | $260 | $98 |
| FY2022 Andrew C. Sagliocca | $2.53M | $4.17M | $1.51M | $225 | $103 |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“At December 31, 2025, we employed 151 full time equivalent individuals, of which approximately 60% are either minorities or women.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | Acquisition / sale | Completion of acquisition or disposition of assets (8-K Item 2.01) |
| Apr 15, 2026 | Merger | Registration of securities for a merger or exchange offer (S-4) |
| Jun 27, 2017 | IPO | Initial public offering priced (424B4 prospectus) |
| Jun 26, 2017 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |