NASDAQ$FRST
Primis Financial Corp · Q1 2021 earnings
Q1 2021 earnings · · Investor relations
Briefing
Reported diluted earnings per share of $0.38 and announced the fourth quarter launch of a digital bank.
Primis Financial Corp. reported a strong first quarter with net income of $9.4 million, a significant increase from the $27 thousand reported in the same quarter of the previous year. The company also announced a new digital banking initiative and declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share.
- Rebranded the Corporation and the Bank from Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc. and Sonabank, respectively.
- Return on average assets was 1.19%.
- Net income reached $9.4 million.
- Total assets grew to $3.33 billion, a 20.6% increase.
Headline financials
Revenue & EPS history
Primis · Revenue · Quarterly
$28.8M
Revenue by segment
Primis · $2.03M total across 2 segments · Q3 2020
- Account Fees$1.63M—80.6%
- BOLI Income$394K—19.4%
Forward guidance
The Company anticipates normalization of a deposit relationship with a mortgage company in the second quarter, which should reduce cash balances by approximately $100 million. They continue to focus on building core deposits while anticipating a more robust lending environment in the latter half of 2021 as the economy continues to open.
Tailwinds
- Building core deposits
- More robust lending environment in the latter half of 2021
- Liquidity build in the quarter
- Successful rebranding effort
- New digital banking effort
Headwinds
- Normalization of deposit relationship with a mortgage company in the second quarter will reduce cash by approximately $100 million.
- Gross loans declined 7.1% over the same period excluding PPP balances.
- Loans on deferral were $112.8 million or 5.5% of gross loans excluding PPP balances.
- The gain on investment in STM was negatively impacted this quarter by an expense of approximately $1.2 million due to management restructuring at STM.
- Net interest margin excluding the effects of PPP loans was 2.99% in the first quarter of 2021, down 24 bps from 3.23% linked-quarter due to significantly higher cash balances.
Historical earnings impact
How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.
Avg. return before/after earnings
Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2021
+0.1%
Avg return
Earnings day
+1.0%
Avg return
5 days after
+1.7%
Avg return
30 days after
49%
32 / 65 earnings
Positive
+12.2%
Q1 2020
Best reaction
-8.5%
Q4 2024
Worst reaction
| Quarter | Report date | Reaction (Day 0) | +5 days | +30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | -1.7% | +4.8% | +2.8% | |
| Q4 2025 | -0.6% | +5.4% | -2.7% | |
| Q3 2025 | +10.1% | +10.7% | +12.9% | |
| Q2 2025 | -1.9% | -4.5% | -3.3% | |
| Q1 2025 | -1.2% | +7.0% | +13.5% | |
| Q4 2024 | -8.5% | -4.3% | -9.6% | |
| Q3 2024 | -5.1% | -3.1% | +5.6% | |
| Q2 2024 | +4.5% | +3.5% | -3.6% | |
| Q1 2024 | -7.0% | -11.1% | -2.1% | |
| Q4 2023 | +4.4% | +8.2% | -1.7% | |
| Q3 2023 | +7.5% | +21.2% | +29.3% | |
| Q2 2023 | -4.5% | -2.5% | -9.3% | |
| Q1 2023 | -1.8% | -13.1% | -17.3% | |
| Q4 2022 | -1.3% | -0.8% | -0.8% | |
| Q3 2022 | +2.5% | +1.8% | -1.5% | |
| Q2 2022 | +1.9% | +1.1% | +0.2% | |
| Q1 2022 | +0.0% | -2.5% | -2.2% | |
| Q4 2021 | -0.3% | -1.0% | -3.9% | |
| Q3 2021 | +5.0% | +7.2% | +6.7% | |
| Q2 2021 | +0.7% | +1.4% | -0.4% | |
| Q1 2021 | +1.9% | +3.1% | +4.6% | |
| Q4 2020 | +1.2% | +2.1% | +19.0% | |
| Q3 2020 | +0.0% | -3.5% | +15.3% | |
| Q2 2020 | -6.5% | -4.5% | -2.8% | |
| Q1 2020 | +12.2% | +3.3% | +7.1% | |
| Q4 2019 | +2.8% | +4.3% | -6.0% | |
| Q3 2019 | +0.1% | +0.6% | +0.9% | |
| Q2 2019 | +2.3% | +1.7% | -8.6% | |
| Q1 2019 | -3.2% | -3.9% | -6.4% | |
| Q4 2018 | +2.0% | +7.3% | +14.8% | |
| Q3 2018 | +2.2% | +3.1% | +4.2% | |
| Q2 2018 | -2.5% | +2.6% | +2.8% | |
| Q1 2018 | +3.0% | +2.5% | +8.4% | |
| Q4 2017 | +0.1% | +0.7% | -2.7% | |
| Q3 2017 | -0.7% | -3.3% | -1.4% | |
| Q2 2017 | -3.8% | -2.7% | -4.5% | |
| Q1 2017 | -0.6% | -4.3% | -7.0% | |
| Q4 2016 | -3.9% | -1.4% | +4.0% | |
| Q3 2016 | -1.0% | +0.0% | +10.4% | |
| Q2 2016 | -1.4% | +3.9% | +3.2% | |
| Q1 2016 | -0.4% | — | — | |
| Q4 2015 | -0.9% | — | — | |
| Q3 2015 | +0.6% | — | — | |
| Q2 2015 | -2.4% | — | — | |
| Q1 2015 | -1.2% | — | — | |
| Q4 2014 | -0.8% | — | — | |
| Q3 2014 | +2.3% | — | — | |
| Q2 2014 | +0.1% | — | — | |
| Q1 2014 | -0.4% | — | — | |
| Q4 2013 | +0.6% | — | — | |
| Q3 2013 | +0.0% | — | — | |
| Q2 2013 | +0.9% | — | — | |
| Q1 2013 | -2.6% | — | — | |
| Q4 2012 | +0.3% | — | — | |
| Q3 2012 | +1.1% | — | — | |
| Q2 2012 | +1.4% | — | — | |
| Q4 2011 | +0.3% | — | — | |
| Q1 2012 | +0.3% | — | — | |
| Q4 2010 | +0.3% | — | — | |
| Q3 2011 | +0.8% | — | — | |
| Q2 2011 | +0.0% | — | — | |
| Q1 2011 | +0.9% | — | — | |
| Q3 2010 | -0.7% | — | — | |
| Q2 2010 | +0.0% | — | — | |
| Q1 2010 | +1.4% | — | — |
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