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TowneBankTOWNCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Regional Banks

Hampton Roads, Virginia community bank offering commercial banking alongside insurance, real estate and wealth services.

Momentum neutral 59
Mkt cap
$3.36B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
99%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$19.2M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.08×
price to book
ROE
12.9%
delivered
Implied ROE
9.0%
what the price asks
Next earnings
83 days
28 Jan 2027
Close · USD$36.39
1D-0.6%
1W+0.4%
1M+3.2%
3M-2.3%
6M+4.0%
YTD+9.1%
1Y+11.1%
ATR %2.3%
Beta0.32
52w lowhigh6.8% off high

What TowneBank does

Hampton Roads, Virginia community bank offering commercial banking alongside insurance, real estate and wealth services.

Earns from the gap between loan interest and deposit costs, plus fees from mortgage banking, insurance commissions and real estate services, which diversify it across rate cycles. It was founded in 1999 and grew by opening branches and by acquisitions in Virginia and North Carolina.

Products and services

  • Commercial banking
  • Retail banking
  • Insurance
  • Real estate services

Customers

  • Hampton Roads/Virginia small businesses and consum

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Regional banks
  • Hampton Roads community banking

What could go right

  • Hampton Roads regional economic growth

What could go wrong

  • Regional concentration risk
  • Net interest margin pressure

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution). Dense local branch network and diversified insurance/real estate cross-sell in its home market.

Headquarters: Suffolk, Virginia, US · Founded: 1999 · Employees: 2,976

Named competitors

TowneBank at a glance

Size TowneBank (TOWN) is a United States Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $3.36B, the 1470th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $36.39 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 4.0%, against +1.0% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 7th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 35.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.3%); the operating margin is 47.8% (peer median 36.4%).

Valuation It trades at 1.08× book value against a peer median of 1.10× (10th cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 9.0%; TowneBank delivers 12.9%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Short interest Short interest is 3.0% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 28 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9510010511011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026TOWN 105Peer median 102
Six months, rebased to 100: TowneBank against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

TowneBank financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.46B$1.12B$1.02B$940M$746M
Revenue growth—+9%+8%+26%—
Net income$357M$170M$161M$154M$189M
Free cash flown/a$212M$81.1M$117M$363M
Capital expendituren/a$49.8M$56.6M$44.1M$52.3M
Total debt$359M$421M$349M$575M$400M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

TowneBank competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-10%0%+10%-20%-10%0%+10%2812MCHBFFBC7189601128SBCFFIBK6019978418RNSTXXIUCOBANKWKBNWSBCFHBCMBN5832EQBKARURVYSYATOWN6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. TowneBank is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

0%5%10%15%10×1.50×20×2812MCHBFFBC7189601128SBCFFIBK6019978418RNSTXXIUCOBANKWKBNWSBCCMBNEQBKARURVYSYAVATNTOWNReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. TowneBank is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%10%20%30%0%10%20%30%2812MCHBFFBC7189601128SBCFFIBK6019978418WSBCCMBNEQBKARURVYSYATOWNROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. TowneBank is the large dot.

TowneBank competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (TOWN vs AUB vs TFC vs BHRB)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
TowneBank TOWN$3.36B+4%+36%13%1.08×9.0%
Atlantic Union Bankshares AUB$5.51B+4%+21%11%1.09×9.5%
Truist Financial TFC$59.2B+1%-5%8%1.06×9.6%
Burke Herbert Financial Services BHRB$1.41B+10%+14%10%1.23×7.1%
C&F Financial CFFI$342M+41%+8%12%1.27×7.6%
First Bancorp FBNC$2.67B+10%+14%10%1.56×12.2%

How TowneBank compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

TowneBank against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureTOWNPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+3.2%+0.8%8th highest of 21
6-month return+4.0%+1.0%7th highest of 21
Return on equity12.9%8.7%4th highest of 21
Price / book1.08×1.10×10th cheapest of 21
Trailing P/E9.2×11.6×3rd cheapest of 19
ROE the price implies9.0%8.6%10th least demanding of 19
ROE delivered12.9%8.8%4th highest of 19

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
TowneBank TOWNUnited States$3.36B+4%+36%13%1.08×9.0%12.9%
Taichung Commercial Bank 2812.TWTaiwan$3.38B-12%-13%11%1.16×3.9%11.2%
Mechanics Bancorp MCHBUnited States$3.41B-1%+131%10%1.33×14.8%10.2%
First Financial Bancorp FFBCUnited States$3.43B+6%+13%11%1.19×10.9%10.7%
Nishi-Nippon Financial 7189.TJapan$3.47B+3%+28%8%0.88×6.9%7.8%
Jiangsu Changshu Rural Commercial Bank 601128.SSChina$3.48B-4%-1%14%0.67×2.5%13.8%
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida SBCFUnited States$3.24B+8%+29%7%1.25×10.9%6.8%
First Interstate BancSystem FIBKUnited States$3.50B+4%-4%10%1.12×9.0%9.5%
Bank of Guiyang 601997.SSChina$3.20B-3%-5%7%0.32×2.0%6.9%
Yamaguchi Financial 8418.TJapan$3.54B+6%+19%6%0.84×5.8%5.7%
Renasant RNSTUnited States$3.55B-2%+20%9%0.93×9.5%8.7%
Twenty One Capital XXIUnited States$3.57B-36%n/a-12%1.38×7.6%n/a
UCO Bank UCOBANK.NSIndia$3.17B-13%+1%9%0.86×13.6%n/a
Walliser Kantonalbank WKBN.SWSwitzerland$3.15B+4%-12%5%1.50×n/a5.3%
WesBanco WSBCUnited States$3.70B+13%+17%9%0.96×8.2%8.8%
First Hawaiian FHBUnited States$3.04B-9%+1%10%1.08×9.3%9.9%
Cembra Money Bank CMBN.SWSwitzerland$3.03B-9%-3%15%1.93×4.1%14.7%
Chugin Financial Group,Inc 5832.TJapan$3.76B+10%+34%8%0.86×6.5%8.3%
EQB EQB.TOCanada$3.79B+3%-4%0%1.44×12.8%-0.1%
Karur Vysya Bank KARURVYSYA.NSIndia$3.80B+18%+14%21%2.32×30.7%21.0%
Valiant VATN.SWSwitzerland$2.93B-9%-11%6%0.86×n/a5.8%

Questions

Who are TowneBank's main competitors?
Named competitors: Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), Truist Financial (TFC), Old Point Financial (private or unlisted), Burke & Herbert Financial Services (BHRB), C&F Financial (CFFI), First Bancorp (FBNC). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Taichung Commercial Bank (2812.TW), Mechanics Bancorp (MCHB), First Financial Bancorp (FFBC), Nishi-Nippon Financial (7189.T), Jiangsu Changshu Rural Commercial Bank (601128.SS), Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (SBCF).
Is TowneBank expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.08× against a peer median of 1.10×, 10th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 9.0%; TowneBank delivers 12.9%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has TowneBank stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +4.0% against +1.0% for the median peer; over one year +11.1%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.