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Blue Ridge Bankshares

BRBS
49
Banks - Regional · Financial Services
Price
$3.90
-0.01 (-0.26%)
Market Cap
$350.7M
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange American
Winston Score
49
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Bank Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Capital Strength
Exceptional
Asset Quality
Strong
Valuation
Weak
Dividends
Exceptional

Share count rising — dilution

+494.4% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 17.9M (2021) → 106.1M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Blue Ridge Bankshares is a regional bank headquartered in Virginia. It offers everyday banking services like checking and savings accounts, loans, and mortgages to individuals, small businesses, and local companies. The bank operates primarily across Virginia and nearby Mid-Atlantic states.

The company makes money the traditional banking way — it collects deposits and lends that money out at higher interest rates, keeping the difference as profit. Blue Ridge is a smaller community bank with a market cap around $300 million, which means it competes on local relationships rather than scale. In recent years the bank has faced regulatory scrutiny and worked to strengthen its balance sheet after rapid growth through fintech partnerships created credit quality concerns — managing that cleanup and rebuilding profitability remains the central challenge for the business going forward.

Score breakdown

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Bank Quality

Return on owners' money
Return on Equity
1.7%
no trend
Weak — 1.7% return on equity

Below 5% return on equity. Hardly beats a savings account.

Profit on lending
Net Interest Margin
3.00%
no trend
Modest — 3.00% net interest margin
Cost of running the bank
Efficiency Ratio
94.0%
no trend
Bloated cost base — 94.0% efficiency ratio

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-14.1%
Shrinking sales (-14.1% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
7/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Capital Strength

Safety cushion
Capital Ratio
15.3%
no trend
Fortress balance sheet — 15.3% CET1

A strong capital cushion. This bank is well padded against a bad year.

Asset Quality

Loans not being repaid
Non-Performing Loans
1.15%
no trend
Some stress — 1.15% non-performing loans

Between 1% and 2% of loans are struggling. Worth watching, but not alarming.

Loans written off
Net Charge-Offs
-0.07%
no trend
Minimal losses — -0.07% net charge-offs

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
36.4x
Pricey — P/E 36.4

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
24.22%
Healthy income — 24.22% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+124.6%
Dividend growing fast (124.6% YoY)

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