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First Capital Bancshares

FCPB
54
Banks - Regional · Financial Services
Winston Score
54
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

First Capital Bancshares, Inc. is a small regional bank holding company based in the United States. It offers everyday banking services like checking and savings accounts, loans, and mortgages, mainly to individuals and small businesses in its local communities. Regional banks like this one focus on serving customers in a specific geographic area rather than competing nationally.

The company makes money primarily through the difference between the interest it charges on loans and the interest it pays on deposits, which is called net interest income. It operates in a limited geographic footprint, and its competitive position relies on local relationships and community ties rather than scale. With a very low return on invested capital of 0.7%, the main risk the business faces is maintaining profitability in a higher interest rate environment where funding costs rise faster than loan income, which can squeeze margins for smaller banks with fewer resources to adapt.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+155.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+72.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

63.7%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$65M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue accelerating

First Capital Bancshares grew revenue 156% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
52.1%
Healthy — 52.1% gross margin
Operating Margin
20.5%
Excellent — 20.5% operating margin
ROCE
2.0%
Weak — 2.0% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+188.6%
Fast-growing sales (188.6% YoY)
EPS YoY
+93.7%
Earnings growing fast (93.7% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
0%
Weak — only 0% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
0.0%
Thin free cash flow (0.0%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.70
Moderate — manageable debt (0.70)
Interest Cover
0.47x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.5x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
14.3x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 14.3

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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