NASDAQ$FRST

Primis Financial Corp · Q4 2024 earnings

Q4 2024 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported a net loss due to strategic moves, including neutralizing consumer loan credit impacts and selling the Life Premium Finance business.

Primis Financial Corp. reported a net loss available to common shareholders of $14.7 million, or $0.59 loss per share, for Q4 2024, compared to a net loss of $8.2 million, or $0.33 loss per share, for Q4 2023. The results were significantly impacted by the decision to move a third-party originated consumer loan portfolio to held for sale.

  • Made strategic moves to maximize strategic value, including neutralizing consumer loan credit impacts.
  • Sold Life Premium Finance business and launched a mortgage warehouse lending business.
  • Exploring avenues to maximize shareholder value, including improving earnings and deconsolidating Panacea Financial Holdings.
  • Core bank finished the year with $2.2 billion in customer deposits.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$39.3M

Previous: $39.2M+0.2%
EPS (adj)

-$0.65

Previous: $0.35-285.7%
Net Interest Margin

2.9%

Previous: 3.4%-13.7%
Cost of Funds

3.0%

No prior period
Return on Avg Assets

-2.7%

No prior period
Tangible Book/Share

$10.42

No prior period
Net Income

-$14.7M

Previous: $8.1M-281.5%

Revenue & EPS history

Primis · Revenue · Quarterly

$39.3M

Q4 2024+0.2%vs Q4 2023
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

The Company’s strategies are profitable and remarkably scalable given our size.

Tailwinds

  • Operate a successful and valuable community bank.
  • Lines of business can deliver outsized growth and profits relative to our size.
  • Made the moves necessary to deliver attractive operating results.
  • Clearing the deck of the consumer loan noise was necessary for these results to be apparent.

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 Q4 2024

Historical avgQ4 2024

+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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