profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
First Community Bankshares
$45.50-0.85% today
+37.8% in 1 year
1-year low $31.421-year high $49.62
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $17.64 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
Not measured for banks and insurers: deposits and policy reserves count as debt, so the usual debt test says nothing about them.
Money in, money out
What First Community Bankshares sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $141 million in 2022 to $157 million in 2025, with $48.8 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
First Community Bankshares handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
$61M
Free cash flow 2025$60M
Bought back its own shares$2M
Paid as dividends$61M
First Community Bankshares vs. similar companies
First Community Bankshares grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Community Bankshares | 17.6× · Fair price | ||
 China Merchants Bank | 7.7× · Cheap | ||
 DBS Group Holdings | 18.2× · Fair price | ||
 UniCredit | 11.5× · Cheap | ||
 HDFC Bank | 18.6× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads First Community Bankshares's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141 | 156 | 156 | 157 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 47 | 48 | 52 | 49 | |
| 2.82 | 2.67 | 2.80 | 2.65 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 33.2% | 30.7% | 33.0% | 31.0% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 3,136 | 3,269 | 3,261 | 3,260 |
| Cash | 65 | 79 | 80 | 128 |
| Total debt | – | – | – | – |
| Total liabilities | 2,714 | 2,765 | 2,735 | 2,759 |
| 422 | 503 | 526 | 501 | |
| 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 11.1% | 9.5% | 9.8% | 9.7% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | 62 | 58 | 63 | |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| 58 | 59 | 55 | 60 | |
| Dividends paid | 19 | 21 | 22 | 61 |
| 21 | 23 | 9 | 2 | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
This is a bank or insurer, so cash-flow and debt ratios are left out: borrowing and lending is the business itself. Price to book and return on equity are the measures that matter here.
Valuation
- 17.6×
- 15.3×
- –
- 1.5×
- 5.5×
- 5.7%
- 5.4%
Profitability
- 31.0%
- 4.5%
- 10.4%
- 9.6%
- 1.3%
Growth
- +3.8%
- −2.1%
- +27.0%
- +1.4%
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 49%of 852
Top 23%of 733
Bottom 33%of 863
Bottom 33%of 860
Top 44%of 920
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $38.00
- Range
- $38.00 – $38.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | 0.73 | 0.72 | +1.4% |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 0.77 | 0.62 | +24.2% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 0.70 | 0.62 | +12.9% |
| Jul 22, 2025 | 0.67 | 0.63 | +6.3% |
| Apr 22, 2025 | 0.64 | 0.64 | +0.0% |
| Mar 7, 2025 | 0.71 | – | – |
| Oct 22, 2024 | 0.71 | 0.70 | +1.4% |
| Jul 23, 2024 | 0.71 | 0.59 | +20.3% |
5.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$54a year at today's yield, before tax
+27.0%2020 to 2025
Raised6 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.54 in 2015 → $3.31 in 2025
How safe it looks
124.2% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 101.0%
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
5/7Passes 5 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
70Pass
Benjamin Graham
78Pass
Philip Fisher
64Pass
Peter Lynch
36No pass
Joel Greenblatt
14No pass
Charlie Munger
66Pass
Terry Smith
64Pass
Questions about First Community Bankshares
Is First Community Bankshares a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business at a fair price. 5 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the First Community Bankshares AI analysis
What does First Community Bankshares do?
First Community Bankshares, Inc. operates as the financial holding company for First Community Bank that provides various banking products and services. It is in Banks - Regional.
Does First Community Bankshares pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 5.4% a year, about 124% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $60.6 million in dividends.
Is First Community Bankshares stock halal?
No. First Community Bankshares does not pass our halal screen: its main business, banking, is not permitted. How we check
How has First Community Bankshares stock done over the past year?
Up 37.8% over the past twelve months, to $45.50. It traded between $31.42 and $49.62 and is 8.3% below its high.
Who are First Community Bankshares's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are China Merchants Bank, DBS Group Holdings, UniCredit and HDFC Bank. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with First Community Bankshares's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.