Up 291% in 5 years, can this FTSE 250 growth stock keep soaring?

Buyers searching for financial institution shares to purchase may need to look previous the FTSE 100 and see what the FTSE 250 has to supply. Over the previous 5 years, TBC Financial institution (LSE:TBCG) has delivered returns above these of Lloyds, Barclays and different blue-chip banking shares.

TBC — which provides providers in Georgia and Uzbekistan — has soared 291% in worth over the interval. Lloyds, by comparability, has seen its share value improve 171%, whereas Barclays has printed a 209% improve. Even fellow rising markets specialist HSBC has risen a extra modest (if nonetheless very respectable) 204%.

TBC’s share value rose to the highest of the FTSE 250 leaderboard too after releasing good buying and selling numbers for 2025. At £44.85 per share, it was final 4% larger on Friday (20 February).

The query is, can the Georgian financial institution proceed its gorgeous ascent?

Sturdy numbers

A mixture of fast financial growth and low product penetration is supercharging income at TBC, as at the moment’s replace once more confirmed. Web curiosity earnings leapt 23.3% in 2025, when gross loans elevated 12.8% and buyer deposits leapt 12.3%.

Elsewhere, month-to-month energetic prospects rose 7% over the yr to 7.9m. This was helped by the financial institution’s ongoing funding in digital banking and synthetic intelligence (AI) instruments.

This wonderful efficiency pushed TBC’s pre-tax income 8.4% larger in 2025. And encouragingly for 2026, buying and selling picked up momentum in direction of the tip of final yr. Its mortgage e-book rose 6% quarter-on-quarter throughout This autumn, driving pre-tax revenue 12.3% larger from Q3 (and 21.7% from the identical 2024 quarter).

Growth story continues

Metropolis analysts count on TBC’s earnings to keep on rising — growth of 10% and 14% are predicted for 2026 and 2027, respectively.

This implies the corporate trades on a ahead price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 5.4 occasions. And its price-to-earnings growth (PEG) ratio is 0.6, properly beneath the worth watermark of 1.

To place that into perspective, Lloyds shares commerce on a ahead P/E ratio of 10.4 occasions. And whereas additionally an trade chief, the Black Horse Financial institution has a lot weaker growth potential than TBC, given the extraordinary competitors it faces and the mature market in which it operates.

At these costs, I believe the FTSE 250 firm is price a really shut look.

(*5*)A no brainer purchase?

So is the stock an apparent purchase for buyers? I wouldn’t essentially say that. TBC operates in a politically delicate a part of the world, and future authorities coverage might have vital implications for earnings. Georgia stays in a long-running tug of warfare between politicians searching for nearer alignment with Russia and people favouring the EU.

Nevertheless, my view is that this menace’s greater than baked into the financial institution’s rock-bottom valuation. If it continues to pump out spectacular buying and selling numbers, I believe a budget ranking might assist TBC take pleasure in extra gorgeous share value positive aspects. It’s a prime stock to think about, in my view.