C&F Financial Corporation (CFFI) Fair Value & Analysis
Financial Services · US · Market cap $255M
Fair value as of: Jul 26, 2026
From 6 valuation models · updated 15 days ago
Share price +11.8% over the past month.
A solid business, screening 22% undervalued on our models.
What matters now
- Solid quality (58/100) at a price below fair value, the discount is the argument here, not the business quality.
- For a financial, book-value and earnings-based methods matter more than a cash-flow DCF, which fits banks and insurers poorly.
Price vs Fair Value (5 years)
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year, dashed = 300-day average. As of Jul 26, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range $32.53 – $88.64 · fair‑value band $80.40 – $134.00 · the $87.94 price screens below the $107.20 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). Dashed = 300-day average. As of Jul 26, 2026.
Analysis
C&F Financial Corporation (CFFI) currently trades at $87.94, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is $107.20, implying the stock looks roughly 21.9% undervalued today. The Quality Score stands at 58/100 (solid quality), in the Financial Services sector. Bull case: trading below our estimate, it may offer upside if the fundamentals hold. Bear case: a low price can be a value trap when quality is weak or the data is thin (evidence: high), always confirm before acting.
Over the trailing twelve months, C&F Financial Corporation generated revenue of $132M at a net margin of 21.3%. Revenue grew 10.4% year over year. It earns a return on equity of 11.3%. Net debt stands at $34.2M. Fundamentals as of Jul 26, 2026
Our scenario range runs from $80.40 (bear case) to $134.00 (bull case); at $87.94, the current price sits within that range. Bear and bull are the same models run on conservative and optimistic assumptions (margins, growth, valuation multiples), so a plausible valuation range, not a price target. The share trades near its 52-week high and 58% above its 52-week low, currently above its 200-day average. For context, the median of 10 Financial Services peers we cover trades at 42% fair-value upside, at 22%, CFFI screens richer than that median.
Fair Value models
Each model estimates fair value its own way; the Fair Value above is the evidence-weighted blend. Evidence (0–100) measures how completely this model’s inputs are available: well-fed models carry more weight in the blend. The spread across models is intentional, each one stresses a different value driver; dividend models, for instance, come out structurally low when payout is small.
All 6 models by family
Widest divergence: Multiples ($107.20) versus Dividend Discount ($18.86). Highest evidence: Residual Income (76).
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Key figures & financial health
More key figures
Figures from reported company fundamentals · as of Jul 26, 2026. TTM = trailing twelve months.
Quality Score breakdown
Of which business quality 50 · Market factors (momentum, volatility) 77
Non-valuation factor families (profitability, growth, cashflow, financial strength, momentum …), each academically grounded. Valuation itself sits in the Fair Value and is deliberately excluded here to avoid double-counting.
About the company
C&F Financial Corporation operates as a bank holding company for Citizens and Farmers Bank that provides banking services to individuals and businesses. It operates through three segments: Community Banking, Mortgage Banking, and Consumer Finance.
Full company description
C&F Financial Corporation operates as a bank holding company for Citizens and Farmers Bank that provides banking services to individuals and businesses. It operates through three segments: Community Banking, Mortgage Banking, and Consumer Finance. The Community Banking segment offers various banking services, such as checking and savings deposit accounts; and business, real estate, development, mortgage, home equity, and installment loans. This segment also provides ATMs, Internet and mobile banking, peer-to-peer payment capabilities, debit cards, safe deposit box rentals, notary public, electronic transfer, and other customary bank services, as well as wealth management services; and engages in owning equity interests in an independent insurance agency, and a full-service title and settlement agency. The Mortgage Banking segment offers various residential mortgage loans, which are originated for sale to investors in the secondary mortgage market; originates conventional mortgage loans, mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration, and mortgage loans guaranteed by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Veterans Administration. This segment also provides mortgage loan origination functions as a service to third party mortgage lenders and other community banks; and ancillary mortgage loan production services to third parties for residential appraisals. The Consumer Finance segment offers automobile financing through lending programs to serve customers in both the prime and non-prime markets. C&F Financial Corporation was founded in 1927 and is based in Toano, Virginia.
Company description, as reported by the company or data provider.
Revenue & earnings trend
FY2021 – FY2025 · reported fiscal years
C&F Financial Corporation reported revenue of $186M in FY2025 versus $140M in FY2021, a compound +7.4%/yr. Reported net income was $26.8M in FY2025, compounding −1.6%/yr from FY2021.
of which total revenue +4.8 pp · buybacks/dilution +0.4 pp
Absolute contributions in percentage points per year; they sum to the EPS growth rate. Start and end points are 3-year averages (details on hover).
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Peer Group
Banks - Regional · 1083 stocks
How this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.
Valuation Multiples vs Banks - Regional median · lower = cheaper
Snowflake
Five quick dimensions, each 0 to 100: VALUE (fair-value potential), FUTURE (revenue growth), PAST (return on equity), HEALTH (low debt), DIVIDEND (yield). Green = this stock, grey = typical sector peer.
Values & ESG
Does this company touch areas you may want to avoid? The classification is inferred from sector and industry.
ESG scores are not available for this stock yet. Values and ESG data are contextual and can differ between providers.
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How we calculate Fair Value
Each company is valued through a stack of independent intrinsic-value models (DCF variants, residual-income, multiples and more), blended into one family-balanced consensus and weighted by how much trustworthy data backs it. A separate quality layer scores the fundamentals. Every input is real reported data, nothing guessed.
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