First Western Financial, Inc.

Description

First Western Financial, Inc., a financial holding company, provides wealth advisory, private baking, personal trust, investment management, mortgage lending, and institutional asset management services. The company operates through two segments: Wealth Management and Mortgage. The Wealth Management segment provides deposit, loan, life insurance, and trust and investment management advisory products and services. The Mortgage segment engages in soliciting, originating, and selling mortgage loans into the secondary market. It serves entrepreneurs, professionals, high net worth individuals or families, and business and philanthropic organizations. First Western Financial, Inc. was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

About

CEO
Mr. Scott C. Wylie
Employees
310
Instrument type
Common Stock
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Banks - Regional
MIC code
XNGS
Address
1900 16th Street, Denver, CO 80202, United States
Phone
303 531 8100
Website
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Earnings

Date Estimate EPS Actual EPS Difference % Surprise
Jan 22, 2026
Oct 22, 2025
Jul 21, 2025
Apr 16, 2025
Jan 24, 2025 0.26 0.28 0.02 7.69%

Earnings estimate

Current Quarter
(Mar 2025)
Next Quarter
(Jun 2025)
Current Year
(Dec 2025)
Next Year
(Dec 2026)
Number of analysts 3 3 3 3
Average estimate 0.23 0.32 1.41 2.00
Low estimate 0.22 0.31 1.34 1.90
High estimate 0.25 0.32 1.50 2.15
Last year EPS 0.26 0.11 0.87 1.41
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Growth estimates

Current qtr (Mar 2025)
-10.260%
Next qtr. (Jun 2025)
187.880%
Current year (Dec 2025)
61.690%
Next year (Dec 2026)
41.940%
Next 5 years (per annum)
Past 5 years (per annum)

Analyst Ratings

Date Firm Action Rating Price Target
Jan 27, 2025
Piper Sandler
Matthew Clark
Maintains Neutral ▼ Lowers $23 → $22.5
Jan 27, 2025
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Wood Lay
Maintains Outperform ▼ Lowers $25 → $24
Dec 10, 2024
Piper Sandler
Matthew Clark
Maintains Neutral ▲ Raises $22 → $23
Dec 4, 2024
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Wood Lay
Maintains Outperform ▲ Raises $23 → $25
Oct 29, 2024
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Wood Lay
Maintains Outperform ▼ Lowers $24 → $23
Oct 28, 2024
Piper Sandler
Matthew Clark
Maintains Neutral ▲ Raises $20 → $22
Jul 29, 2024
Piper Sandler
Matthew Clark
Maintains Neutral ▲ Raises $18 → $20
Jul 25, 2024
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Wood Lay
Maintains Outperform ▼ Lowers $25 → $23
Mar 11, 2024
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Wood Lay
Maintains Outperform ▼ Lowers $26 → $25
Feb 28, 2024
Hovde Group
Brett Rabatin
Upgrade Outperform Announces $19
May 1, 2023
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Brady Gailey
Maintains Outperform ▼ Lowers $27 → $26
Jan 31, 2023
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Brady Gailey
Maintains Outperform ▼ Lowers $36 → $32
Dec 15, 2022
Piper Sandler
Matthew Clark
Downgrade Neutral ▼ Lowers $32 → $30
Jan 26, 2021
Piper Sandler
Matthew Clark
Initiates Overweight Announces $25
Feb 12, 2020
Stephens & Co.
Gordon McGuire
Upgrade Overweight ▲ Raises $18 → $21
Oct 29, 2018
Stephens & Co.
Matt Olney
Downgrade Equal-Weight ▼ Lowers $21 → $16
Aug 13, 2018
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Initiates Outperform
Aug 13, 2018
Keefe Bruyette & Woods
Initiates Outperform

Income statement

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Fiscal date 2023-12-31 2022-12-31 2021-12-31 2020-12-31 2019-12-31
Total reported revenue 90.93M 110.24M 95.62M 95.83M 63.91M
Cost of revenue
Gross profit
Operating expense
Research & development
Selling general and admin 49.43M 52.58M 44.13M 41.78M 37.86M
Other operating expenses
Operating income
Non operating interest income
Income
Expense
Other income expense
Pretax income 7.06M 28.83M 27.28M 33.06M 10.19M
Tax provision 1.84M 7.13M 6.67M 8.53M 2.18M
Net income 5.23M 21.70M 20.61M 24.53M 8.01M
Basic EPS 0.91 2.29 2.58 3.11 1.02
Diluted EPS 0.90 2.23 2.51 3.08 1.00
Basic average shares 9.54M 9.46M 7.98M 7.90M 7.89M
Diluted average shares 9.54M 9.46M 7.98M 7.90M 7.89M
EBITDA
Net income from continuing op. 5.23M 21.70M 20.61M 24.53M 8.01M
Minority interests
Preferred stock dividends

Balance sheet

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Fiscal date 2023-12-31 2022-12-31 2021-12-31 2020-12-31 2019-12-31
Total assets
Current assets
Cash 7.28M 4.93M 6.49M 2.41M 4.18M
Cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents 254.44M 196.51M 385.49M 155.99M 78.64M
Other short term investments 55.56M 36.67M 58.90M
Accounts receivable 16.52M 15.32M 12.42M 11.48M 8.29M
Other receivables 4.47M 1.97M 1.95M 1.42M 1.01M
Inventory
Prepaid assets
Restricted cash
Assets held for sale
Hedging assets
Other current assets
Non current assets
Properties
Land and improvements 4.98M 4.98M 4.98M
Machinery furniture equipment 6.62M 5.82M 6.14M 5.50M 4.66M
Construction in progress
Leases 14.34M 12.88M 11.46M 9.44M 10.17M
Accumulated depreciation -12.87M -10.75M -10.80M -9.62M -9.61M
Goodwill 62.25M 62.50M 62.49M 48.45M 39.40M
Investment properties
Financial assets
Intangible assets 1.45M 1.70M 1.31M 67,000 28,000
Investments and advances 81.26M 88.17M 58.15M 39.22M 59.49M
Other non current assets
Total liabilities
Current liabilities
Accounts payable 3.79M 1.13M 355,000 453,000 299,000
Accrued expenses
Short term debt
Deferred revenue
Tax payable
Pensions
Other current liabilities
Non current liabilities
Long term debt 178.05M 199.02M 77.66M 173.85M 16.56M
Provision for risks and charges
Deferred liabilities
Derivative product liabilities
Other non current liabilities
Shareholders equity
Common stock
Retained earnings 51.04M 51.89M 30.19M 9.58M -14.96M
Other shareholders equity -1.20M -1.52M 223,000 680,000 -164,000
Total shareholders equity 242.74M 240.86M 219.04M 154.96M 127.68M
Additional paid in capital 192.89M 190.49M 188.63M 144.70M 142.80M
Treasury stock
Minority interest

Cash flow statement

20232022202120202019201820172016
Operating Activities
Net Income5.23M21.70M20.61M24.53M8.01M5.65M2.02M2.30M
Depreciation2.38M2.01M1.26M1.12M1.67M2.22M2.45M2.42M
Deferred Taxes2.06M557,000-668,000-1.30M-1.22M1.81M2.67M1.31M
Stock-Based Compensation1.84M2.56M2.90M2.54M2.29M1.86M1.30M1.02M
Other Non-Cash Items6.51M27.86M150.83M-93.30M-24.99M12.12M-11.65M17.99M
Accounts Receivable-4.82M-3.22M420,000-4.12M-1.25M49,000-1.72M-737,000
Accounts Payable1.59M-1.68M1.85M858,0002.43M-1.57M1.51M-161,000
Other Assets & Liabilities
Operating Cash Flow14.78M49.79M177.20M-69.66M-13.06M22.14M-3.42M24.15M
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures-2.35M-2.97M-2.11M-1.20M-415,000-714,000-499,000-1.82M
Net Intangibles
Net Acquisitions121.00M-61.32M-1.00M
Purchase of Investments-41.96M-54.40M-19.76M-7.95M-32.35M-6.86M-39.78M-63.15M
Sale of Investments48.64M22.11M17.22M28.64M20.32M18.85M78.09M29.18M
Investing Cash Flow4.33M-34.71M116.55M-41.53M-12.44M14.98M38.68M-33.39M
Financing Activities
Long-Term Debt Issuance1.84B696.93M98.34M257.03M67.35M284.30M339.53M208.78M
Long-Term Debt Payments-1.87B-575.74M-194.61M-99.75M-72.35M-304.74M-350.42M-192.45M
Other Financing Charges-269,000-131,000
Financing Cash Flow-21.18M121.19M-96.27M156.64M-5.74M-12.33M-7.92M15.99M
Other Cash Details
End Cash Position254.44M196.51M386.98M155.99M78.64M73.36M9.50M62.69M
Income Tax Paid2.91M5.24M6.34M11.76M2.48M439,000275,000202,000
Interest Paid71.79M16.50M5.51M7.08M12.92M8.14M5.62M4.29M
Free Cash Flow19.53M45.31M160.41M-94.52M-21.93M17.09M-5.93M17.28M

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First Western Financial, Inc. (MYFW) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript Article
First Western Financial, Inc. (MYFW) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
First Western Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:MYFW ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call January 24, 2025 12:00 PM ET Company Participants Tony Rossi - IR Scott Wylie - Chairman and CEO Julie Courkamp - COO David Weber - CFO Conference Call Participants Brett Rabatin - Hovde Woody Lay - KBW Matthew Clark - Piper Sandler Bill Dezellem - Tieton Capital Operator Hello, everyone, and welcome to First Western Financial Fourth Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions].
Seeking Alpha Neutral
Jan 24, 2025
First Western (MYFW) Q4 Earnings and Revenues Lag Estimates Article
First Western (MYFW) Q4 Earnings and Revenues Lag Estimates
First Western (MYFW) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.28 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.34 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.03 per share a year ago.
Zacks Investment Research Negative
Jan 24, 2025
First Western Reports Fourth Quarter 2024 Financial Results Article
First Western Reports Fourth Quarter 2024 Financial Results
Fourth Quarter 2024 Summary Net income available to common shareholders of $2.7 million in Q4 2024, compared to $2.1 million in Q3 2024 Diluted earnings per share of $0.28 in Q4 2024 , compared to $0.22 in Q3 2024 Net interest income of $16.9 million in Q4 2024 , compared to $15.6 million in Q3 2024 Net interest margin increased 13 basis points from 2.32% in Q3 2024 to 2.45% in Q4 2024 Total loans increased 2.1% from $2.40 billion in Q3 2024 to $2.45 billion in Q4 2024 Average deposits increased 4.0% from $2.40 billion in Q3 2024 to $2.50 billion in Q4 2024 DENVER, Jan. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Western Financial, Inc. (“First Western” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: MYFW), today reported financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2024. Net income available to common shareholders was $2.7 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2024.
GlobeNewsWire Neutral
Jan 23, 2025
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