Primis Financial Corp.

NasdaqGM:FRST Stock Report

Market Cap: US$294.4m

Primis Financial Valuation

Is FRST undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Book vs Peers

  • Price-To-Book vs Industry

  • Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of FRST when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: FRST ($11.91) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($3.56)

Significantly Below Fair Value: FRST is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for FRST?

Key metric: As FRST is an unprofitable bank we use its Price-To-Book Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Book ratio for FRST. This is calculated by dividing FRST's market cap by their current book value.
What is FRST's PB Ratio?
PB Ratio0.8x
BookUS$381.02m
Market CapUS$294.45m

Price to Book Ratio vs Peers

How does FRST's PB Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PB ratio for FRST vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PBEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1x
PCB PCB Bancorp
1x15.2%US$290.7m
CZNC Citizens & Northern
1x11.2%US$285.6m
CBAN Colony Bankcorp
1x15.2%US$282.9m
PDLB Ponce Financial Group
1x-2.4%US$281.2m
FRST Primis Financial
0.8x85.6%US$294.4m

Price-To-Book vs Peers: FRST is good value based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (0.8x) compared to the peer average (1x).

Price to Book Ratio vs Industry

How does FRST's PB Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Banks Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / BookEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FRCB First Republic Bank
0.002xn/aUS$27.98m
SBNY Signature Bank
0.0003xn/aUS$2.18m
BKES.F Banco Espírito Santo
n/an/aUS$56.01k
BCBH.F Caribbean Investment Holdings
n/an/aUS$132.00
No more companies available in this PB range
FRST 0.8xIndustry Avg. 1.0xNo. of Companies138PB00.61.21.82.43+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Book vs Industry: FRST is good value based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (0.8x) compared to the US Banks industry average (1x).

Price to Book Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is FRST's PB Ratio compared to its Fair PB Ratio? This is the expected PB Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

FRST PB Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PB Ratio0.8x
Fair PB Ration/a

Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate FRST's Price-To-Book Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst FRST forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$11.91
US$15.63
+31.2%
4.0%US$16.25US$15.00n/a2
Dec ’25US$12.50
US$15.13
+21.0%
7.4%US$16.25US$14.00n/a2
Nov ’25US$11.22
US$15.13
+34.8%
7.4%US$16.25US$14.00n/a2
Oct ’25US$11.85
US$16.13
+36.1%
0.8%US$16.25US$16.00n/a2
Sep ’25US$12.15
US$16.13
+32.7%
0.8%US$16.25US$16.00n/a2
Aug ’25US$12.53
US$16.13
+28.7%
0.8%US$16.25US$16.00n/a2
Jul ’25US$10.48
US$15.42
+47.1%
6.5%US$16.25US$14.00n/a3
Jun ’25US$10.49
US$15.42
+47.0%
6.5%US$16.25US$14.00n/a3
May ’25US$9.98
US$15.42
+54.5%
6.5%US$16.25US$14.00n/a3
Apr ’25US$11.86
US$15.42
+30.0%
6.5%US$16.25US$14.00n/a3
Mar ’25US$12.23
US$15.75
+28.8%
3.4%US$16.25US$15.00n/a3
Feb ’25US$12.82
US$14.92
+16.4%
11.5%US$16.25US$12.50n/a3
Jan ’25US$12.66
US$13.42
+6.0%
8.4%US$15.00US$12.50n/a3
Dec ’24US$10.53
US$11.58
+10.0%
7.1%US$12.75US$11.00US$12.503
Nov ’24US$9.42
US$11.58
+23.0%
7.1%US$12.75US$11.00US$11.223
Oct ’24US$8.15
US$11.92
+46.2%
6.0%US$12.75US$11.00US$11.853
Sep ’24US$8.98
US$12.25
+36.4%
2.9%US$12.75US$12.00US$12.153
Aug ’24US$9.56
US$12.50
+30.8%
11.8%US$14.50US$11.00US$12.533
Jul ’24US$8.42
US$13.00
+54.4%
16.6%US$16.00US$11.00US$10.483
Jun ’24US$7.56
US$13.50
+78.6%
13.2%US$16.00US$12.00US$10.493
May ’24US$8.90
US$13.50
+51.7%
13.2%US$16.00US$12.00US$9.983
Apr ’24US$9.63
US$14.50
+50.6%
10.3%US$16.00US$13.00US$11.862
Mar ’24US$11.64
US$15.00
+28.9%
6.7%US$16.00US$14.00US$12.232
Feb ’24US$11.96
US$15.00
+25.4%
6.7%US$16.00US$14.00US$12.822
Jan ’24US$11.85
US$14.50
+22.4%
10.3%US$16.00US$13.00US$12.662

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but there are not enough analysts covering the stock to determine statistical confidence in agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 18:03
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Primis Financial Corp. is covered by 5 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Christopher MarinacFIG Partners
Christopher MarinacJanney Montgomery Scott LLC
Casey Orr WhitmanPiper Sandler Companies