First Seacoast Bancorp, Inc. FSEA

Competitive advantage analysis · financial-services

Bank Specialized
Overall moat score
16/100
Weak

About First Seacoast Bancorp, Inc.

First Seacoast Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for First Seacoast Bank that provides banking and wealth management services for individuals and businesses. The company offers interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing checking, savings, and money market accounts, as well as time deposits. It also provides various lending products comprising one- to four-family residential real estate loans; commercial real estate and multi-family … Full FSEA analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key risks

  • Weak Deposit Franchise Deposit franchise appears weak (profitability score 0.07).
  • Capital Adequacy Concerns Capital adequacy is concerning (score 0.21).

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Deposit Franchise

Weak
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Where FSEA ranks in Banks - Regional

First Seacoast Bancorp, Inc. ranks #360 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional by moat score — the top 92%. The widest moat in the group is 1st Source Corporation (SRCE) at 86/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near FSEA in Banks - Regional
# Company Moat score Rating
356 Territorial Bancorp Inc. TBNK 17/100 Weak
357 First Financial Northwest, Inc. FFNW 16/100 Weak
358 Patriot National Bancorp Inc. PNBK 16/100 Weak
359 Blue Foundry Bancorp BLFY 16/100 Weak
360 First Seacoast Bancorp, Inc. FSEA 16/100 Weak
361 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin, Inc. BCOW 16/100 Weak
362 Generations Bancorp NY, Inc. GBNY 16/100 Weak
363 BayFirst Financial Corp. BAFN 15/100 Weak
364 Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. BRBS 15/100 Weak

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How FSEA scores on the Bank Specialized defenses

Deposit Franchise

Score 8 · 22% of the moat score

A deposit franchise is the cheapest and most valuable thing a bank can own.

Lending Advantage

Score 9 · 18% of the moat score

Lending advantage is the ability to originate loans at attractive spreads without buying that volume with looser credit standards.

Capital Strength

Score 15 · 20% of the moat score

Capital is the buffer between loan losses and insolvency, and it is what regulators judge a bank on first.

Cost Discipline

Score 8 · 16% of the moat score

Banking carries high fixed costs in branches, compliance and technology, so what it costs to run the bank relative to what the bank earns is a genuine competitive variable.

Revenue Diversification

Score 53 · 14% of the moat score

A bank earning everything from net interest income is a leveraged bet on the rate cycle.

Risk Management

Score 9 · 10% of the moat score

Risk management is the defense that only reveals itself late.

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Understanding FSEA's moat

What is First Seacoast Bancorp, Inc.'s moat score?

First Seacoast Bancorp, Inc. (FSEA) scores 16 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as weak. It ranks #360 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional, the top 92%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 399 companies in Banks - Regional. Its strongest defense is Revenue Diversification (53/100) and its weakest is Deposit Franchise (8/100).

How does First Seacoast Bancorp, Inc. compare with other Banks - Regional companies?

First Seacoast Bancorp, Inc. ranks #360 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional by moat score. The widest moat in Banks - Regional is 1st Source Corporation (SRCE) at 86/100. The companies ranked closest are Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY) at 16 just above it and 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin, Inc. (BCOW) at 16 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Bank Specialized in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 399 companies in Banks - Regional. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is First Seacoast Bancorp, Inc. scored with the Bank Specialized template?

A bank does not sell a product at a margin. It funds itself, lends at a spread, and books profits that remain an estimate until the loans are actually repaid. That makes the usual margin-and-return questions misleading, so the Bank template scores what really determines a bank's durability: where its funding comes from, what it lends against, how much capital stands behind it, and whether it has been pricing risk honestly.

Which competitive defenses are measured for First Seacoast Bancorp, Inc.?

The Bank Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and FSEA scores: Deposit Franchise (8), Lending Advantage (9), Capital Strength (15), Cost Discipline (8), Revenue Diversification (53), Risk Management (9). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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