Company Analysis

First National Corporation (FXNC)

Nasdaq: FXNC · State Commercial Banks · Strasburg, VA · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade6.1
◀ Past 6.6● Present 4.3▶ Future 7.7

The grade of First National Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.1/10
◀ Past6.640% of the headline
● Present4.335% of the headline
▶ Future7.725% 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?

6.6/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 78th percentile among 165 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

First National Corporation's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
6.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+16.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

First National Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $25 million in fiscal 2016 to $99 million in fiscal 2025, up 16.5% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 0% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span16.5%top 37% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 39% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 44% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.1%top 29% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 12.9% a year. 68% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 51st percentile among 157 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, First National Corporation's diluted share count grew about 12.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 68% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $27 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 8% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 6% 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?

4.3/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
2.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 10%: 10¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 91%: owes 91¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 25th percentile among 161 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, First National Corporation earned about 10 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 91 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 29.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 23% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 45% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 6% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 44% of 155 in its family; net margin 17.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 44th percentile among 155 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

First National Corporation's standing among 155 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $99 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 14% by size; a net margin of 17.8% ranks in the bottom 33%; revenue growth of 26.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 15% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$99.5Mbottom 14% of its family
  • net margin17.8%bottom 33% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth26.3%top 15% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
8.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 20% of 150 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2011.

weight 22% of this tense · 80th percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

First National Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Harvard, Scott C (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2011-05-19, 15.5 years (top 15% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 9.8 years (top 18%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (top 28%; 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 charge3 in three years among 15 peopletop 28% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed9.8 yearstop 18% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record15.5 yearstop 15% 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?

7.7/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 39% of 142 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 142 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

First National Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $161 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 7.9% of its assets as net cash, top 15% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 21% of revenue (bottom 38%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets7.9%top 15% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue21.0%bottom 38% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
8.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 11% of 152 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 89th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

First National Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 26.3% a year over the last three filed years against 16.5% over all 10, speeding up (top 13% of its family); the newest year grew 30.4% (top 5%); capital spending grew 52.4% a year (top 14%) (its annual reports). First National Corporation 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+9.8 points a yeartop 13% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth30.4%top 5% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending52.4%top 14% 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
8.2/10

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

top 18% of 150 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

First National Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $99 million in fiscal 2025 came in 4.9% above the $95 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 8% of its family); net income of $18 million against a prior three-year average of $11 million (top 8%); a net margin of 17.8% against 19.9% before (top 37%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace4.9%top 8% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+59%top 8% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-2.1 pointstop 37% 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

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