
Fundamental analysis: Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. (BRBS)
Awarener score: 8.5
Conclusion
The higher the Awarener score, the more bang you get for the buck. It measures how much genuine funds the company generates for the stock price paid (could not be estimated), the business stability (unknown) and growth (Excellent), and the company's inclination to return cash to the stockholders (Very good).
Note: All scores range from 1 (worst) to 10 (best). Conclusions are updated daily with closing stock prices and new reported quarterly financial statements.
Revenue score: 9.0
- Business has been growing at an excellent pace. It's been top tier when measured against peer companies.
- Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. business stability could not be estimated, due to insufficient input data. It looks we cannot compare it to rivals.
Margins score: 9.0
- BRBS profit margins -on goods and services sold- are usually huge. They stand somewhat better than rival companies.
- Business profit on sales tends to be very good. It's below average when measured against competitors.
- Profits on sales made -available to repay debt and purchase properties- are usually excellent. They remain a disappointment compared to peers.
- Earnings -before income taxes and interests on loans taken- tend to be excellent in relation to total revenues. They're still bottom tier against similar companies.
- Profits -before income taxes- are usually excellent considering total sales, and remain substantially worse when measured against rivals.
- Total net profit tends to be excellent when confronted to sales. Company stands substantially worse when measured against comparable firms.
Growth score: 8.3
- Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. profit -on goods and services sold- has been growing at a very good pace. It's been rather normal in relation to competitors.
- In recent years, earnings growth -on operations- have been almost stagnant, which has been mediocre against comparable firms.
- Profits -available to repay debt and purchase properties- have been growing at an excellent pace, which compares top tier when measured against peer enterprises.
- Earnings -before income taxes and interests on loans taken- have been growing at an excellent tempo. It turns to be impressive in relation to similar stocks.
- In past years, profits -before income taxes- grew at an extremely fast speed. It was top-notch against rivals.
- In the previous years, growth trend on total net profit has been extremely high, and top tier when measured against peer companies.
- Earnings per share have grown at an excellent rhythm in past years. It's been impressive in relation to industry peers.
Miscellaneous score: 5.0
- BRBS had to pay some income taxes in relation to profits made in the past years. It's been slightly worse than peers.
- The company does not report R&D expenses. It's meaningless to measure in relation to competitors.
- We have insufficient data to estimate how effective is research and development effort. It stands unknown against rival companies.
Profitability score: 6.8
- Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. usually gets sufficient returns on the resources it controls. It proves similar to peer firms.
- The company normally gets very good proceeds -on the resources directly invested in the business-. They remain rather normal in relation to similar companies.
- Profitability -in relation to owned resources- is usually quite good. It ranks similar to competitors.
- In the past, got sufficient returns -on the tangible resources it controls-. This metric is usually related to the industry in which operates and combines profitability versus reinvestment needs. It's similar to comparable enterprises.
Usage of Funds score: 6.4
- BRBS usually uses a sparse portion of genuine funds generated to buy or replace property, plant, or equipment. The need for reinvestments is modest. It stands similar to rival firms.
- The company is usually replacing the property, plant, and equipment that gets old, keeping its operating capabilities up to date, which is almost average when measured against industry peers.
- In the past twelve months it paid excellent dividends, considering the current stock price. It came better than most competitors.
- Has increased dividend payments in the past years. Business prospects may have improved. The company has behaved in good shape compared to similar firms.
- Dividend payments usually represent a modest portion of genuine funds generation and should be reasonable safe. Sustainability looks worse than most comparable companies.
- The company has heavily enlarged the pool of investors in previous years, resulting in more mouths feeding on the pie of profits. It remains a disappointment compared to peer enterprises.
- Repurchase effectiveness metric is very complex. Run again in analytical mode if you're interested in a technical explanation. It stands rather normal in relation to rivals.
- We do not have sufficient data to comment on buybacks and their sustainability. It still looks dubious against competitors.
Balance Sheet score: 5.7
- Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. intangible assets (like brands and goodwill) represent a modest portion of resources controlled, according to accounting books. There could be some difficulties in liquidating them if the company ever gets in financial distress. It happens to be weak when measured against peer companies.
- Current ratio remains a mystery, as there was not sufficient Balance Sheet information. It turns to be unidentifiable against similar firms.
- A very minor portion of resources controlled were provided for with financial debt. Financial strength is solid. Company could increase debt if it wished so, to reinvest in business, to buy a smaller company or to reward stockholders. It remains somewhat worse than rival firms.
- Most controlled resources might be only slowly turned into cash and equivalents, which is risky. It looks similar to rivals.
- Quick ratio is unavailable at this moment, due to lacking data. It's a pity we cannot compare it with peer firms.
- A conclusion on cash ratio could not be reached, as we lack inputs, which is unfortunate when trying to measure against similar enterprises.
- Usually, sales are on a month and a half credit. It still ranks almost average when measured against peers.
- Days of inventory outstanding are not known. It comes up as a big question mark against competitors.
- We could not gauge the normal operating cycle of the company. It happens to be a mystery against peers.
- Unfortunately, we had not enough data to estimate the days of payables outstanding. It ranks unknown against industry peers.
- Cash conversion cycle remains unknown, due to not having enough inputs. It's incomparable against similar companies.
- Company earns net interest income on its investments and therefore is in a quite comfortable financial position. It stands top-notch against rival firms.
- Business earnings have usually been low when measured against loans taken. Even cutting back reinvesting in the business, it could take more than seven years to repay the obligations with current profitability. It ranks below average when measured against comparable enterprises.
- Revenues are reasonable in relation to property, plant, and equipment required to operate. This metric is likely dependent on the industry the company operates in. The more property, plant, and equipment used, the more the company must reinvest to fight obsolescence, which usually means less available funds for the shareholders in the long run. It looks in good shape compared to similar firms.
- Resource exploitation is very low when yearly sales are considered, business volume must be greatly increased. This metric is normally tied to the industry where the firm belongs. It's still better than most peer companies.
Valuation score: 7.6
- Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. has an unknown adjusted Price-to-Earnings ratio, so we cannot comment on that. It happens to be a necessary comparison against competitors.
- Price-to-Tangible-Book-Value is a fairly complex metric. Run again in analytical mode if you're interested in a technical explanation. It remains in good shape compared to peers.
- There is insufficient information on the genuine funds generation capability showed in the past twelve months, which stands as an incognita in relation to similar companies.
- Unfortunately, lack of enough yearly data impaired our ability to estimate the normal earnings power. It's still an unknown variable to measure against industry firms.
- In the past twelve months, the company has slightly rewarded investors, considering both dividends and share on the pie of earnings. It came up rather normal in relation to peer ventures.
- We are unsure on the relationship between net financial position and market capitalization of the stock. It looks we will not be able to reach a conclusion regarding similar enterprises.
- Considering the past twelve months, traditional Price-to-Earnings relation might be more or less reasonable, but hardly cheap. It ranks weak when measured against peer companies.
- Comparing the current stock price with the past twelve-months revenues gives a more than one-to-one relationship. This is an important metric to check its evolution through time, and to compare to industry peers. It looks impressive in relation to rival firms.
- The stock price is at or below the accounting book value. Unless profitability is really low, the stock may be selling a t a discount. Pay attention to the other key indicators for hints. The company remains better than most peer firms.
- We could not gauge an alternative metric of earnings power of the past twelve months. It happens to be an interesting metric to relate to industry peers.
- An alternate metric on the usual genuine-funds generation ability could not be provided. It's still unknown against peer companies.
Total score: 7.2

Company at a glance: Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. (BRBS)
Sector, industry: Financial Services, Banks—Regional
Market Cap: 0.17 billions
Revenues TTM: 0.15 billions
Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. operates as a bank holding company for the Blue Ridge Bank, National Association that provides commercial and consumer banking, and financial services. It operates through: Commercial Banking and Mortgage Banking segments. The company accepts checking, savings, money market, cash management, and individual retirement accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. It also offers commercial and industrial, residential mortgages, commercial mortgages, home equity, consumer installment, and guaranteed government loans; and mortgages loans on real estate. In addition, it provides wire, direct deposit payroll, remote deposit, payroll processing, electronic statement, and other services; and property and casualty insurance products to individuals and businesses, as well as online, mobile, and telephone banking services. Further, the company offers employee benefit plans and administration services; management services for personal and corporate trusts, including estate planning and settlement, and trust administration, investment and wealth management, and other insurance products; and wholesale and third-party residential mortgage origination services to other financial institutions and credit unions. It has branches in Callao, Charlottesville, Chester, Colonial Heights, Culpeper, Fredericksburg, Gordonsville, Harrisonburg, Hartfield, Henrico, Kilmarnock, Louisa, Luray, Martinsville, Midlothian, Mineral, Montross, Orange, Petersburg, Richmond, Shenandoah, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Warsaw, and White Stone, Virginia; and Greensboro, North Carolina. The company was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Awarener score: 8.5
Conclusion
The higher the Awarener score, the more bang you get for the buck. It measures how much genuine funds the company generates for the stock price paid (could not be estimated), the business stability (unknown) and growth (Excellent), and the company's inclination to return cash to the stockholders (Very good).