
Fundamental analysis: ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. (COFS)
Awarener score: 8.2
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 (Poor) and growth (Excellent), and the company's inclination to return cash to the stockholders (Superb).
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: 6.0
- Business has been growing at an excellent pace. It's been top tier when measured against peer companies.
- ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. business varies, ups and downs are rather normal. Risk is sufficient. It looks bottom tier against rivals.
Margins score: 8.2
- COFS profit margins -on goods and services sold- are usually hardly sufficient. 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 lacking compared to peers.
- Earnings -before income taxes and interests on loans taken- tend to be excellent in relation to total revenues. They're still worse than most similar companies.
- Profits -before income taxes- are usually excellent considering total sales, and remain weak when measured against rivals.
- Total net profit tends to be excellent when confronted to sales. Company stands below average when measured against comparable firms.
Growth score: 8.0
- ChoiceOne Financial Services, 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 -on operations- have been growing at an excellent step, which has been slightly worse than comparable firms.
- Profits -available to repay debt and purchase properties- have been growing at a very good pace, which compares top tier when measured against peer enterprises.
- Earnings -before income taxes and interests on loans taken- have been growing at a very good tempo. It turns to be impressive in relation to similar stocks.
- In past years, profits -before income taxes- grew at a very good speed. It was better than most rivals.
- In the previous years, growth trend on total net profit has been very good, and great when measured against peer companies.
- Earnings per share have grown at a good rhythm in past years. It's been in good shape compared to industry peers.
Miscellaneous score: 8.0
- COFS managed to pay little to no income taxes on profits made in the past years. It's been top-notch against 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: 6.2
- ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. usually gets hardly sufficient returns on the resources it controls. It proves substantially worse when measured against peer firms.
- The company normally gets very good proceeds -on the resources directly invested in the business-. They remain close to average when compared to similar companies.
- Profitability -in relation to owned resources- is usually quite good. It ranks almost average when measured against competitors.
- In the past, got barely 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 substantially worse when measured against comparable enterprises.
Usage of Funds score: 3.4
- COFS on average doesn't generate genuine funds, so to buy or replace property, plants and equipment must either burn existing cash or increase debt. It stands substantially worse when measured against rival firms.
- The company is usually replacing most of the property, plant, and equipment that gets old, and saving a little funds for something else, which is below average when measured against industry peers.
- In the past twelve months it paid very good dividends, considering the current stock price. It came well ranked against 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.
- The company generates very few genuine funds. Dividend payments are usually on borrowed money, which isn't sustainable in the long run. Unless business prospects improve greatly, future payments could be at risk. Sustainability looks bottom tier against comparable companies.
- The company has significantly 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 a disappointment compared to rivals.
- The company generates very few genuine funds. Investor rewards must be paid burning existing cash or by borrowing money, which isn't sustainable in the long run. Unless business prospects improve greatly, stockholder compensation could be at risk. It still looks last-in-rank when measured against competitors.
Balance Sheet score: 6.0
- ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. intangible assets (like brands and goodwill) represent some 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 last-in-rank 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.
- Very few resources controlled were provided for with financial debt. Financial strength is very solid. Company could increase debt if it wished so, to reinvest in business, to buy a smaller company or to reward stockholders. It remains slightly better than rival firms.
- Controlled resources take time to be turned into cash and equivalents, which is somewhat risky. It looks great when measured against 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 mostly on cash. It still ranks more than average in relation to 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 quite good when measured against loans taken. Cutting back reinvesting in the business, it could take around three years to repay the obligations with current profitability. It ranks similar to comparable enterprises.
- Revenues are somewhat low 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 close to average when compared to similar firms.
- Resources exploitation is virtually zero, as the firm hardly reports any sales. It's still slightly better than peer companies.
Valuation score: 7.8
- ChoiceOne Financial Services, 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 a weak position 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 significantly rewarded investors, considering both dividends and share on the pie of earnings. It came up impressive 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 looks very cheap. Possible reasons are that the market might be betting current earnings will be hard to sustain through time, or that the company has very high fund needs, or a weak financial position, among others. If that isn't the case, the current stock price might be very attractive. It ranks more than average in relation to peer companies.
- Comparing the current stock price with the past twelve-months revenues gives a three or four to one relationship. This is an important metric to check its evolution through time, and to compare to industry peers. It looks in good shape compared to rival firms.
- The relation between the stock price and accounting book value might be more than reasonable. It's important both to check this metric through time and to compare it with rival companies. The company remains slightly worse than 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: 6.7

Company at a glance: ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. (COFS)
Sector, industry: Financial Services, Banks—Regional
Market Cap: 0.16 billions
Revenues TTM: 0.08 billions
ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for ChoiceOne Bank that provides community banking services to corporations, partnerships, and individuals in Michigan. The company offers various deposit products, including time, savings, and demand deposits, safe deposit, and automated transaction machine services. It also provides commercial loans, such as business, industry, agricultural, construction, inventory, and real estate loans; and consumer loans comprising direct and indirect loans to consumers and purchasers of residential and real properties. In addition, the company offers safe deposit and automated transaction machine services; and alternative investment products, including annuities and mutual funds, as well as sells insurance policies, such as life and health for commercial and consumer clients. It operates 32 full-service offices in Kent, Muskegon, Newaygo, and Ottawa, Lapeer, Macomb, and St. Clair counties, Michigan. The company also operates three loan production offices. ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Sparta, Michigan.
Awarener score: 8.2
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 (Poor) and growth (Excellent), and the company's inclination to return cash to the stockholders (Superb).