profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
First National
$30.02-0.83% today
+24.6% in 1 year
1-year low $23.131-year high $32.37
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 $15.33 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 National sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $56.9 million in 2022 to $87.8 million in 2025, with $17.7 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
First National handed back 27% of the cash it generated last year.
$6M
Free cash flow 2025$21M
Bought back its own shares$154,000
Paid as dividends$6M
Cash vs. debt$161M vs. $43M
First National vs. similar companies
First National 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 National | 15.3× · 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 National'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | 54 | 64 | 88 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 17 | 10 | 7 | 18 | |
| 2.68 | 1.53 | 1.00 | 1.96 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 29.5% | 18.0% | 10.8% | 20.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,369 | 1,419 | 2,010 | 2,038 |
| Cash | 67 | 87 | 163 | 161 |
| Total debt | 14 | 64 | 30 | 43 |
| Total liabilities | 1,261 | 1,303 | 1,844 | 1,852 |
| 108 | 116 | 167 | 186 | |
| 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 15.5% | 8.3% | 4.2% | 9.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 16 | -22 | 25 | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 26 | 15 | -26 | 21 | |
| Dividends paid | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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
- 15.3×
- 12.7×
- –
- 1.3×
- 3.1×
- 6.5%
- 2.4%
Profitability
- 20.2%
- 8.8%
- 7.6%
- 11.5%
- 1.0%
Growth
- +15.6%
- −9.9%
- +7.6%
- +12.8%
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 28%of 852
Top 50%of 733
Bottom 43%of 863
Top 30%of 860
Top 40%of 920
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $21.00
- Range
- $21.00 – $21.00
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 30, 2026 | 0.54 | 0.52 | +3.8% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | 0.62 | 0.60 | +3.3% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 0.58 | 0.58 | +0.0% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 0.57 | 0.49 | +16.3% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 0.35 | 0.53 | −34.0% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -0.10 | – | – |
| Nov 1, 2024 | 0.36 | 0.36 | +0.0% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 0.39 | 0.44 | −11.4% |
2.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$24a year at today's yield, before tax
+7.6%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.10 in 2015 → $0.64 in 2025
How safe it looks
31.2% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 26.4%
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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
3/7Passes 3 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
60Pass
Benjamin Graham
68Pass
Philip Fisher
60Pass
Peter Lynch
44No pass
Joel Greenblatt
20No pass
Charlie Munger
53No pass
Terry Smith
54No pass
Questions about First National
Is First National a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business at a fair price. 3 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 National AI analysis
What does First National do?
First National Corporation operates as the bank holding company for First Bank that provides various commercial banking services to small and medium-sized businesses, individuals, estates, local governmental entities, and non-profit organizations in Virginia. It is in Banks - Regional.
Does First National pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.4% a year, about 31% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $5.52 million in dividends.
Is First National stock halal?
No. First National does not pass our halal screen: its main business, banking, is not permitted. How we check
How has First National stock done over the past year?
Up 24.6% over the past twelve months, to $30.02. It traded between $23.13 and $32.37 and is 7.3% below its high.
Who are First National'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 National's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.