What DD&F does

DD&F Consulting Group is a privately held professional services firm founded in 1993 and headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, that advises US financial institutions on mergers and acquisitions, regulatory matters, strategic and capital planning, risk management, valuations, and de novo chartering. The firm is organized around three core service lines marketed as Grow (expansionary M&A and valuations), Perform (operations and strategic capital planning), and Secure (risk management), with specialized offerings such as RevenueQ for deposit acquisition and a standalone Valuation Group sub-brand for ESOP, fairness opinion, and core deposit intangible studies. Engagement-based revenue is generated through project and multi-year retainer contracts with banks, thrifts, and credit unions across all asset sizes, and the firm has executed hundreds of transactions including 200+ failed-institution FDIC bids, 48 successful FDIC-assisted acquisitions, and 91 loss-share buyouts.\n\nThe firm is led by founding partners Randy Dennis (President, managing partner, involved in bank consulting since 1978 and Barret School of Banking faculty since 1998) and Bob Fegtly (Managing Partner over M&A and Valuations, Certified Valuation Analyst), with Managing Principal Matt Reddin added in 2023 to lead the Community Banking Division. DD&F does not sell proprietary software or technology platforms; its competitive advantage is built on senior-level domain expertise, regulatory relationships, and transaction track record rather than a tech stack. Go-to-market is sales-led and referral-driven within the community banking vertical, supported by thought leadership including podcast appearances, an industry blog, and newsletter content.

Name

DD&F

Legal name

DD&F Consulting Group

Website

https://ddfconsulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DD&F Consulting Group is a US-based professional services firm advising banks, thrifts, and credit unions on M&A, valuations, regulatory filings, strategic planning, and risk management, operating from Little Rock, Arkansas since 1993.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Banking Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

M&A Advisory (Buy-Side & Sell-Side) (BPAHAOAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Buy-Side M&A Advisory (FSAEAGAB)

Keywords

• Bank M&A advisory
• Financial institution consulting
• Banking regulatory advisory
• Bank valuation services
• FDIC loss share advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Little Rock

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Professional Services Consulting: DD&F generates revenue through professional consulting services across three main practice areas: Grow (expansionary services including M&A, valuations, new charters, branching), Perform (operations including strategic planning, capital planning), and Secure (risk management). Services are billed on a project and retainer basis for advisory work to financial institutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

DD&F Consulting Group is a professional services firm that provides advisory and consulting services to banks, thrifts, and credit unions across the United States. The firm's core offerings span mergers and acquisitions advisory, bank valuations, regulatory filings (charters and branch applications), FDIC-assisted transactions and loss share buyouts, strategic and capital planning, and operational and risk management consulting. DD&F organizes these services under three practice areas: Grow (expansionary), Perform (operations), and Secure (risk management).

Product overview

DD&F Consulting Group is a full-service consulting firm serving the financial services industry. The company operates as a unified consulting practice organized around three core service lines: Grow (Expansionary Services including M&A and Valuations), Perform (Operations Services including Strategic Capital Planning), and Secure (Risk Management Services). The firm also offers specialized training workshops and webinars, and provides tools like RevenueQ for deposit acquisition and free pandemic risk readiness checklists. DD&F does not offer software products or technology platforms; its offerings are entirely advisory and consulting in nature.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DD&F Valuation Group: A specialized division providing corporate valuations, financial institution valuations, M&A advisory valuations, fairness opinions, ESOP and ERISA valuations, core deposit intangible studies, and goodwill impairment studies.

Products and services

• RevenueQ

Quantifiable outcome

• True-Up savings averaging $4.2 million or roughly 30% per receivership on loss share buyouts
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Tempus Realty PartnersminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 January 2024Tempus Realty Partners co-authored a blog post with DD&F's Matt Reddin on commercial real estate portfolio strategies for banks and CRE owners. The partnership provides expert insight on CRE market conditions and capital solutions for struggling properties.
• Dover Dixon Horne, PLLCcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDD&F partnered with law firm Dover Dixon Horne to create a PPP Lender's Toolkit providing resources for financial institutions navigating the Paycheck Protection Program during COVID-19. DD&F handled program and regulatory questions while Dover Dixon Horne provided legal guidance.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• FIG Partners: A bank-focused investment bank providing M&A advisory, equity research, and capital markets to community and mid-cap banks. Highly comparable to DD&F as a directly competing bank M&A specialist in the community-bank segment prior to its acquisition by Capital One.
• Boenning & Scattergood: A private investment bank with a dedicated financial institutions practice providing M&A advisory, capital markets, and equity research to community banks. Comparable to DD&F on bank M&A advisory, though it also operates a public finance and wealth management business.
• Performance Trust Capital Partners: An investment bank focused on community banks that provides M&A, capital advisory, and interest rate risk services. Directly comparable to DD&F's bank M&A and capital/risk advisory practices, especially around community bank transactions and balance-sheet strategy.
• Mercer Capital: A financial valuation and advisory firm specializing in banks and financial institutions, providing merger and acquisition, valuation, and litigation support. Comparable to DD&F's DD&F Valuation Group sub-brand for bank-focused M&A valuation work.
• Hovde Group: A boutique investment bank focused exclusively on financial institutions, providing M&A advisory, capital raising, and equity research to community and mid-sized banks. Closely comparable to DD&F as a similarly specialized, expert-led bank M&A advisory competing in many of the same community-bank mandates.

Others

• S&P Global Market Intelligence: Provider of bank M&A league tables, market intelligence, and analytics that rates and ranks advisors such as DD&F (#1 Branch Sales 2021). Indirectly comparable as both an ecosystem participant validating DD&F's market position and as a data/research supplier to bank M&A practitioners.

Broad incumbents

• Janney Montgomery Scott: A full-service investment bank with a financial institutions group providing M&A, capital markets, fixed income, and equity research to mid-sized and community banks. Comparable to DD&F on bank M&A advisory with broader capital-markets capabilities.
• Stephens Inc. A private investment bank with a strong financial institutions practice providing M&A advisory and capital markets to mid-sized and community banks. Comparable to DD&F's core M&A advisory for banks, though it operates at greater scale and breadth.
• Piper Sandler: Diversified investment bank with a sizeable financial institutions group providing M&A advisory, equity research, and capital markets to banks and thrifts. Directly comparable to DD&F on bank M&A buy-side and sell-side advisory, though operating at much larger scale across multiple sectors.
• Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW): A leading U.S. investment bank historically dedicated to the financial institutions sector (now part of Stifel). It is comparable to DD&F as the most established bank-focused M&A and equity research advisor in the U.S., operating at significantly larger scale but in the same buyer/seller-side advisory niche for banks.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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