First Bank Future Growth

Future criteria checks 1/6

First Bank is forecast to grow earnings and revenue by 2.7% and 6.4% per annum respectively. EPS is expected to grow by 2.6% per annum. Return on equity is forecast to be 9.5% in 3 years.

Key information

2.7%

Earnings growth rate

2.6%

EPS growth rate

Banks earnings growth	10.8%
Revenue growth rate	6.4%
Future return on equity	9.5%
Analyst coverage	Low
Last updated	20 Dec 2024

Recent future growth updates

Earnings Miss: First Bank Missed EPS By 5.3% And Analysts Are Revising Their Forecasts

Apr 30

Recent updates

Earnings Miss: First Bank Missed EPS By 5.3% And Analysts Are Revising Their Forecasts

Apr 30

First Bank (NASDAQ:FRBA) Is Due To Pay A Dividend Of $0.06

Jan 29

First Bank goes ex dividend tomorrow

Aug 10

First Bank GAAP EPS of $0.45 beats by $0.02, revenue of $24.37M beats by $0.64M

Jul 26

First Bank: Strong Earnings And Cheap Valuation, The Perfect Investment Combination

Aug 06

First Bank (NASDAQ:FRBA) Will Pay A Dividend Of US$0.03

Jul 30

First Bank EPS beats by $0.14, beats on revenue

Apr 26

I Ran A Stock Scan For Earnings Growth And First Bank (NASDAQ:FRBA) Passed With Ease

Mar 23

First Bank's (NASDAQ:FRBA) Attractive Combination: Does It Earn A Place In Your Dividend Portfolio?

Mar 02

Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts

NasdaqGM:FRBA - Analysts future estimates and past financials data (USD Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	Free Cash Flow	Cash from Op	Avg. No. Analysts
12/31/2026	144	43	N/A	N/A	3
12/31/2025	135	41	N/A	N/A	3
12/31/2024	129	42	N/A	N/A	3
9/30/2024	123	40	76	78	N/A
6/30/2024	115	31	166	168	N/A
3/31/2024	106	26	143	145	N/A
12/31/2023	96	21	141	144	N/A
9/30/2023	92	22	107	110	N/A
6/30/2023	95	33	34	37	N/A
3/31/2023	96	35	36	39	N/A
12/31/2022	95	36	35	37	N/A
9/30/2022	92	35	37	38	N/A
6/30/2022	89	34	26	27	N/A
3/31/2022	88	34	25	25	N/A
12/31/2021	90	35	28	28	N/A
9/30/2021	87	34	31	31	N/A
6/30/2021	82	31	33	33	N/A
3/31/2021	76	26	29	29	N/A
12/31/2020	66	19	24	25	N/A
9/30/2020	64	18	17	17	N/A
6/30/2020	60	14	15	16	N/A
3/31/2020	58	12	17	18	N/A
12/31/2019	58	13	15	16	N/A
9/30/2019	55	12	21	22	N/A
6/30/2019	57	17	36	37	N/A
3/31/2019	57	18	35	37	N/A
12/31/2018	55	18	35	37	N/A
9/30/2018	53	14	32	34	N/A
6/30/2018	49	11	N/A	19	N/A
3/31/2018	43	9	N/A	16	N/A
12/31/2017	39	7	N/A	17	N/A
9/30/2017	34	8	N/A	14	N/A
6/30/2017	31	8	N/A	10	N/A
3/31/2017	30	7	N/A	12	N/A
12/31/2016	28	6	N/A	9	N/A
9/30/2016	26	5	N/A	8	N/A
6/30/2016	23	4	N/A	7	N/A
3/31/2016	22	4	N/A	5	N/A
12/31/2015	23	4	N/A	5	N/A
9/30/2015	23	4	N/A	5	N/A
6/30/2015	24	5	N/A	6	N/A
3/31/2015	24	5	N/A	6	N/A
12/31/2014	21	6	N/A	5	N/A
9/30/2014	18	5	N/A	5	N/A
6/30/2014	16	4	N/A	4	N/A
3/31/2014	14	4	N/A	5	N/A
12/31/2013	12	2	N/A	6	N/A

Analyst Future Growth Forecasts

Earnings vs Savings Rate: FRBA's forecast earnings growth (2.7% per year) is above the savings rate (2.6%).

Earnings vs Market: FRBA's earnings (2.7% per year) are forecast to grow slower than the US market (15.2% per year).

High Growth Earnings: FRBA's earnings are forecast to grow, but not significantly.

Revenue vs Market: FRBA's revenue (6.4% per year) is forecast to grow slower than the US market (9.1% per year).

High Growth Revenue: FRBA's revenue (6.4% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.

Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts

Future Return on Equity

Future ROE: FRBA's Return on Equity is forecast to be low in 3 years time (9.5%).

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/23 07:31
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
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Analyst Sources

First Bank is covered by 7 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Bryce Rowe	Baird
Erik Zwick	Boenning & Scattergood, Inc.
null null	D.A. Davidson & Co.

First Bank Future Growth

Future criteria checks 1/6

Key information

Recent future growth updates

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 14%

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 17%

Earnings Miss: First Bank Missed EPS By 5.3% And Analysts Are Revising Their Forecasts

Price target decreased by 15% to US$15.00

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 14%

Price target increased to US$18.38

Recent updates

First Bank (NASDAQ:FRBA) Is Paying Out A Dividend Of $0.06

First Bank Announces Third Quarter Dividend Payable on November 22, 2024

First Bank (NasdaqGM:FRBA) announces an Equity Buyback for 1,000,000 shares, for $16 million.

First Bank to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Oct 23, 2024

First Bank Declares a Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on August 23, 2024

First Bank to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Jul 24, 2024

First Bank (NASDAQ:FRBA) Will Pay A Dividend Of $0.06

President recently bought US$90k worth of stock

First quarter 2024 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations while revenues lag behind

First Bank Declares A Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on May 24, 2024

New minor risk - Insider selling

First Bank, Annual General Meeting, Apr 24, 2024

Executive VP & Chief Lending Officer exercised options to buy US$52k worth of stock.

Director recently sold US$98k worth of stock

Director recently sold US$117k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$0.06 per share at 1.7% yield

First Bank's (NASDAQ:FRBA) Dividend Will Be $0.06

Fourth quarter dividend of US$0.06 announced

First Bank Reports Net Charge-Offs for the Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2023

President recently bought US$91k worth of stock

New minor risk - Earnings quality

Upcoming dividend of US$0.06 per share at 2.0% yield

First Bank's (NASDAQ:FRBA) Dividend Will Be $0.06

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 14%

First Bank Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on November 24, 2023

First Bank to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Oct 25, 2023

New minor risk - Shareholder dilution

Upcoming dividend of US$0.06 per share at 1.9% yield

First Bank (NASDAQ:FRBA) Will Pay A Dividend Of $0.06

Second quarter 2023 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations while revenues lag behind

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 17%

First Bank Announces Net Charge-Offs for the Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2023

First Bank to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Jul 26, 2023

Independent Director recently bought US$90k worth of stock

First Bank (NASDAQ:FRBA) Is Paying Out A Dividend Of $0.06

Upcoming dividend of US$0.06 per share at 2.6% yield

Earnings Miss: First Bank Missed EPS By 5.3% And Analysts Are Revising Their Forecasts

First quarter 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues miss analyst expectations

Price target decreased by 15% to US$15.00

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 18%

Upcoming dividend of US$0.06 per share at 1.7% yield

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 14%

First Bank (NASDAQ:FRBA) Is Due To Pay A Dividend Of $0.06

First Bank Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on February 24, 2023

Full year 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues miss analyst expectations

First Bank to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Jan 25, 2023

First Bank (NasdaqGM:FRBA) entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Malvern Bancorp, Inc. (NasdaqGM:MLVF) for approximately $150 million.

Insufficient new directors

Upcoming dividend of US$0.06 per share

First Bank Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on November 25, 2022

First Bank to Report Q3, 2022 Results on Oct 25, 2022

Independent Director exercised options to buy US$82k worth of stock.

First Bank goes ex dividend tomorrow

Upcoming dividend of US$0.06 per share

Second quarter 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

First Bank Announces Net Charge-Offs for the Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2022

First Bank GAAP EPS of $0.45 beats by $0.02, revenue of $24.37M beats by $0.64M

Key Executive exercised options to buy US$72k worth of stock.

First Bank to Report Q2, 2022 Results on Jul 26, 2022

Upcoming dividend of US$0.06 per share

First quarter 2022 earnings: EPS in line with expectations, revenues disappoint

First Bank Reports Net Charge-Offs for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2022

First Bank to Report Q1, 2022 Results on Apr 25, 2022

Upcoming dividend of US$0.06 per share

Price target increased to US$18.38

First Bank Reports Net Charge-Offs for the Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2021

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$0.46 (vs US$0.30 in 3Q 2020)

First Bank: Strong Earnings And Cheap Valuation, The Perfect Investment Combination

First Bank (NasdaqGM:FRBA) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Premises and Equipment, all Deposits and Performing Loans of Two New Jersey Branch from OceanFirst Bank, National Association.