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First Northern Community Ban

FNRN
40
Banks - Regional · Financial Services
Price
$18.30
-0.32 (-1.72%)
Winston Score
40
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

First Northern Community Bancorp is a small regional bank holding company based in Woodland, California. It operates through its subsidiary, First Northern Bank, which offers everyday banking services like checking and savings accounts, loans, and mortgages. The bank mainly serves individuals, small businesses, and farmers in the Sacramento Valley and surrounding Northern California communities.

The company makes money the traditional banking way — it takes in deposits and earns interest by lending that money out as business loans, home loans, and agricultural loans. It operates entirely in Northern California, making it a community-focused institution with deep local roots but limited geographic diversification. With a market cap of around $300 million, it is a small bank competing against much larger regional and national banks, which is a constant pressure on its ability to attract deposits and grow its loan book. Rising interest rates and credit quality in its local loan portfolio remain key risks to watch.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+2.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+68.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

27.4%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$140M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

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

Growth context

First Northern Community Ban is growing revenue at 2% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
0.0%
Thin — 0.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
0.0%
Thin — 0.0% operating margin
ROCE
0.0%
Weak — 0.0% 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
+2.4%
Nearly flat sales (2.4% YoY)
EPS YoY
+23.3%
Earnings growing fast (23.3% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
33%
Weak — only 33% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
7.0%
Modest free cash flow (7.0%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Interest Cover
1.49x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.5x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
12.4x
Attractive valuation — P/E 12.4

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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