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First Seacoast Bancorp

FSEA
44
Banks - Regional · Financial Services
Price
$17.12
+0.02 (+0.12%)
Market Cap
$80.3M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
44
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 13, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Bank Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Capital Strength
Exceptional
Asset Quality
Exceptional
Valuation
Data not available

Share count falling — buybacks

36.8% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 5.8M (2021) → 3.7M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

First Seacoast Bancorp is a small community bank holding company based in New Hampshire. It operates through its subsidiary, First Seacoast Bank, offering everyday banking services like checking and savings accounts, mortgages, and loans to individuals and small businesses in the Seacoast region of New Hampshire.

The bank earns money primarily through the difference between the interest it charges on loans and the interest it pays on deposits, known as net interest income. It operates in a limited geographic area along the New Hampshire coast, making it highly dependent on the local economy. With a market cap of around $100 million and a negative operating margin, the bank is currently unprofitable, which is a meaningful risk — rising funding costs and thin margins in a competitive regional banking environment could make it difficult to return to consistent profitability without meaningful loan growth or cost reductions.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-41.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+146.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

28.6%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

5+ years

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

$558M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

First Seacoast Bancorp's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Bank Quality

Return on Equity
-4.4%
no trend
Weak — -4.4% return on equity

Shareholders are losing equity value — earnings are negative.

Net Interest Margin
2.48%
no trend
Thin — 2.48% net interest margin
Efficiency Ratio
106.0%
no trend
Bloated cost base — 106.0% efficiency ratio

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Growth

Sales YoY
-6.8%
Shrinking sales (-6.8% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
7/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Capital Strength

Capital Ratio
14.7%
no trend
Fortress balance sheet — 14.7% CET1

A strong capital cushion. This bank is well padded against a bad year.

Asset Quality

Non-Performing Loans
0.10%
no trend
Clean loan book — 0.10% non-performing

Under half a percent of loans are going bad. A very clean loan book.

Net Charge-Offs
0.00%
no trend
Minimal losses — 0.00% net charge-offs

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/A
Data not available
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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