NASDAQ$FRST

Primis Financial Corp · Q1 2023 earnings

Q1 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported an increase in net income and earnings per share due to the successful deployment of a new digital platform.

Primis Financial Corp. reported a net income of $5.8 million for Q1 2023, with earnings per share of $0.23. The company's new digital platform drove deposit growth, improved liquidity, and reduced the loans to deposits ratio.

  • Successfully deployed a new digital platform, attracting approximately 11,500 customers and $980 million in deposits.
  • Grew total cash and equivalents to $607 million and repaid $340 million of short-term borrowings.
  • Total deposits grew 34.7% un-annualized linked-quarter to $3.67 billion.
  • Completed first Panacea loan sale with a pre-tax gain of $427 thousand.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$39.9M

Previous: $24.9M+60.1%
EPS (adj)

$0.23

Previous: $0.19+21.1%
Net Interest Margin

3.1%

Previous: 3.0%+6.4%
Loans to Deposits

83.0%

Previous: 89.1%-6.9%
Efficiency Ratio

68.6%

Previous: 76.1%-9.9%
ACL to Total Loans

1.2%

Previous: 1.2%-4.9%
Capital Expenditures

-$461K

Previous: -$47K-880.9%
Free Cash Flow

$5.31M

Previous: $4.55M+16.9%
Net Income

$5.78M

Previous: $4.59M+25.7%
Operating Income

$12.6M

Previous: $14.4M-12.6%
Gross Profit

$39.9M

Previous: $24.9M+60.1%
Cash & Equivalents

$607M

Previous: $298M+103.6%
Total Assets

$4.21B

Previous: $3.22B+30.6%
Stock-Based Comp

$108K

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Primis · Revenue · Quarterly

$39.9M

Q1 2023+60.1%vs Q1 2022
Beat estimate in 14 of 15 quarters(93%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Primis · $2.03M total across 2 segments · Q3 2020

  • Account Fees
    $1.63M
  • BOLI Income
    $394K

Forward guidance

Primis Financial anticipates continued growth on the digital platform, developing sweep arrangements, and converting new customers into core customers. They expect some amount of incremental net revenue from the platform in the short-term that could positively impact the net interest margin by 5 to 10 basis points.

Tailwinds

  • Expect to continue growing deposits on the digital platform.
  • Developing sweep arrangements to manage capital and liquidity.
  • Will convert new customers into core customers over the next 12 months.
  • Continue tweaking and improving the functionality of our technology.
  • Finish building and rolling out the lower cost deposit strategies including small business.

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 2023

Historical avgQ1 2023

+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

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (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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