Company Analysis

First Northern Community Bancorp (FNRN)

Nasdaq: FNRN · Savings Institution, Federally Chartered · Dixon, CA · filing with the SEC since 2000
Grade5.4
◀ Past 4.9● Present 6.0▶ Future 5.2

The grade of First Northern Community Bancorp

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.4/10
◀ Past4.940% of the headline
● Present6.035% of the headline
▶ Future5.225% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.9/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
4.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2025-06-06.

weight 45% of this tense · 46th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

First Northern Community Bancorp's filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2025-06-06) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+9.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 30 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

First Northern Community Bancorp's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $36 million in fiscal 2016 to $82 million in fiscal 2025, up 9.6% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 4% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span9.6%bottom 38% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 43% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 30% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak3.7%top 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.5% a year. 42% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 14 sales, 20 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 31 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, First Northern Community Bancorp's diluted share count shrank about 0.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 42% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 14 sales (2 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 20 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12, buying about $106 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 50% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.0/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 10%: 10¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 89%: owes 89¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 70th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, First Northern Community Bancorp earned about 10 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 89 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 44% of its family
  • return on equitytop 20% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 41% of 31 in its family; net margin 25.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 59th percentile among 31 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

First Northern Community Bancorp's standing among 31 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $82 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 44% by size; a net margin of 25.7% ranks in the top 15%; revenue growth of 13.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 47% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$82.3Mbottom 44% of its family
  • net margin25.7%top 15% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth13.8%bottom 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 42% of 25 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.

weight 22% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 25 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

First Northern Community Bancorp's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Smith, Jeremiah Zachary (President/CEO/Director, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-02-13, 3.7 years (bottom 30% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 9.2 years (top 35%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (bottom 31%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge6 in three years among 12 peoplebottom 31% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed9.2 yearstop 35% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record3.7 yearsbottom 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.2/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 42% of 25 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 25 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

First Northern Community Bancorp's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $146 million against debt of $0 thousand leaves 7.6% of its assets as net cash, top 27% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 6.3% of revenue (bottom 12%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets7.6%top 27% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue6.3%bottom 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 32% of 30 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 68th percentile among 30 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

First Northern Community Bancorp's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 13.8% a year over the last three filed years against 9.6% over all 10, speeding up (top 42% of its family); the newest year grew 4.7% (top 48%); capital spending grew 70.3% a year (top 5%) (its annual reports). First Northern Community Bancorp tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+4.1 points a yeartop 42% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth4.7%top 48% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending70.3%top 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 45% of 29 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

First Northern Community Bancorp's newest year against its own record: revenue of $82 million in fiscal 2025 came in 11.8% below the $93 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 43% of its family); net income of $21 million against a prior three-year average of $19 million (bottom 36%); a net margin of 25.7% against 27.7% before (bottom 43%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-11.8%top 43% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+10%bottom 36% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-2.0 pointsbottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton FNRN · research, not advice