Industry: Banks-Regional

Sector: Financial Services

KS Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for KS Bank, Inc. that provides a range of community banking services to consumers and businesses. It offers personal deposit accounts, such as checking, savings, money market, and individual retirement accounts, as well as certificates of deposit; loan products, including vehicle, boat and marine, recreational, deposit/investment secured, student, debt consolidation, and home equity loans, as well as home equity lines of credit; and credit cards. The company also provides business checking and savings, and payroll card accounts; construction loans, such as builders' speculative and pre-sale and commercial builder loans; commercial loans, including equipment, facilities purchase, debt refinancing, and real estate loans; and seasonal cash needs, inventory financing, and receivables financing lines of credit. In addition, it offers merchant, payroll, cash management, and remote deposit services; and mortgage services, including home purchase, home refinance, construction/permanent loans. Further, the company provides wealth management services comprising investment management, financial and retirement planning, trust and estate, and private banking services. The company was incorporated in 1924 and is headquartered in Smithfield, North Carolina.

KS BANCORP INC is evaluated using Mavefund's quality framework: growing earnings, durable profit margins, conservative leverage, strong return on equity, and disciplined share repurchases.