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Investar Holding Executive Compensation (FY25)
ISTR · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2024 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 22, 2026
103 figures on this page: 96 cited to the filing that reported them, 7 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Total compensation for John D'Angelo, President and Chief Executive Officer, came to $1,484,431 in fiscal 2025, and D'Angelo's total was 14.1% higher than the $1,301,304 reported for fiscal 2024. For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 99.4% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 20, 2026. Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Business First Bancshares, Inc., Capital City Bank Group, Inc., CoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc., First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. and Home Bancorp, Inc., among others. The fiscal 2025 disclosure covers 3 named executive officers.
This company is not required to report a chief executive pay ratio.
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — John D'Angelo: $1,301,304 → $1,484,431 (14.1% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 97.3% → 99.4% (2.1 points higher)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Investar Holding's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for John D'Angelo, President and Chief Executive Officer, came to $1,484,431 in fiscal 2025. D'Angelo's total was 14.1% higher than the $1,301,304 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Investar Holding's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 99.4% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 20, 2026.
Which companies are in Investar Holding's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Business First Bancshares, Inc., Capital City Bank Group, Inc., CoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc., First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. and Home Bancorp, Inc., among others.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John D'Angelo President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
John Campbell Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Linda Crochet Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John D'Angelo President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
John Campbell Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Linda Crochet Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.
Equity awards granted
Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Campbell | OTHER | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| John D'Angelo | OTHER | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Linda Crochet | OTHER | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.
Outstanding awards
Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John D’Angelo | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| John Campbell | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Linda Crochet | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Suzanne O. Middleton | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
William H. Hidalgo, Sr Board chair | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Rose J. Hudson | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Frank L. Walker | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
James E. Yegge, M.D | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Gordon H. Joffrion, III | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Robert Chris Jordan | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Andrew C. Nelson, M.D | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Julio A. Melara | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Scott G. Ginn | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
James F. Dunkerley, David A. Flack, M.D and John J. D'Angelo served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director fee schedule
The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
| Board cash retainer | ◇ |
| Board equity retainer | ◇ |
| Total board retainer | ◇ |
| Board chair premium | ◇ |
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- Business First Bancshares, Inc. BFST
- Capital City Bank Group, Inc. CCBG
- CoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc. COSO
- First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. FGBI
- Home Bancorp, Inc. HBCP
- MetroCity Bankshares, Inc. MCBS
- Red River Bancshares, Inc. RRBI
- SmartFinancial, Inc. SMBK
- South Plains Financial, Inc. SPFI
- Third Coast Bancshares, Inc. TCBX
- Triumph Financial, Inc. TFIN
- USCB Financial Holdings, Inc. USCB
- Wilson Bank Holding Company WBHC
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 20, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | May 21, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | May 15, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | May 17, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2021 | May 18, 2022 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2020 | May 19, 2021 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2019 | May 27, 2020 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Investar Holding disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where Investar Holding sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Written compensation analysis
A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable pay
What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.
Velarion IntelligenceAdviser switching and vote outcomes
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103 figures on this page: 96 cited to the filing that reported them, 7 calculated from figures it prints.
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7 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001437749-26-018275
- 0001437749-26-011771COMPENSATION TABLES · EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION & · NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Outstanding Equity Awards at December 31, 2025 · and 1 more section
- 0001437749-25-018156
- 0001437749-25-011424COMPENSATION TABLES
- 0001437749-24-017264
- 0001437749-23-015037
- 0001437749-22-013047
- 0001437749-21-012880
- 0001602658-20-000117
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
year = {2026},
version = {2026Q3},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
publisher = {Zenodo},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}