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1/5Investar Holding Corp (ISTR): Auditor change

Filed 2025-11-03 路 Form 8-K 路 Accession 0001437749-25-032815 micro

Market data

Price before filing: $23.38 (2025-10-31 close, split/dividend-adjusted)
Market cap at flag: $231.6M (2025-11-03) 路 Latest: $403.5M (2026-10-16)

What happened next

WindowISTRSPYvs SPY
30 days+6.6%+0.3%+6.3%2025-12-03
90 days+24.4%+2.3%+22.2%2026-02-02
180 days+17.5%+5.9%+11.6%2026-05-04

Return from the last close before the filing date to the first close on/after the window end. Pending windows have not fully elapsed. Past performance says nothing certain about the future.

Verified excerpt

"4.01 Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant On November 1, 2025, the partners and professional staff of HORNE LLP ("Horne"), which was engaged as the independent registered public accounting firm of the registrant, Investar Holding Corporation (the "Company"), joined BDO USA, P.C. ("BDO")."

Quoted from the filing. Source

What this means

The company changed its outside auditor (8-K Item 4.01). A dismissal or resignation, especially near an annual report or with reported disagreements, is a warning sign. Changes caused by audit firms merging are usually routine.

Type: routine (audit-firm merger)
Disagreements reported: no
Former auditor: BDO USA, P.C. · New auditor: BDO USA, P.C.

Why this score: routine: audit firm merged/was acquired

Read the original filing on SEC.gov →

Not investment advice. Automated summary; verify against the filing.

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