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C&F Financial (CFFI) Risk Analysis
Risk Overview Q2, 2026
Risk Change Over Time
- Debt & Financing - Risk 1Our level of credit risk is higher due to the The concentration of our loan portfolio in commercial real estate loans loans, including construction loans, and in consumer finance automobile loans. loans in our loan portfolio increases credit risk.
At December 31, 2025, 46 percent of our loan portfolio consisted of commercial real estate loans and commercial real estate construction loans, which includes both owner-occupied and non-owner-occupied loans secured by apartment complexes, retail properties, and office and warehouse properties. These loans generally carry larger loan balances and involve a greater degree of financial and credit risk than home equity and residential loans. The increased financial and credit risk associated with these types of loans is a result of several factors, including the concentration of principal in a limited number of loans and to borrowers in similar lines of business, the size of loan balances, the effects of general economic conditions on income-producing properties and the increased difficulty of evaluating and monitoring these types of loans. The repayment of these loans may be dependent upon the profitability and cash flows of the business or project and therefore, events beyond our control, such as a downturn in the local economy, could adversely affect the performance of the commercial real estate loan portfolio. In addition, banking regulators examine commercial real estate lending activity with heightened scrutiny due to these reasons and may require banks with higher levels of commercial real estate loans to implement more stringent underwriting, internal controls, risk management policies, and portfolio stress testing. If our banking regulators determine that our commercial real estate lending activities are particularly risky and are subject to such heightened scrutiny, we may incur significant additional costs or be required to restrict certain of our commercial real estate lending activities. Banking regulators may also require us to maintain higher levels of capital due to our commercial real estate lending activity than we would otherwise be expected to maintain, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. At December 31, 2025, 20 percent of our loan portfolio consisted of consumer finance automobile loans, which includes loans to customers who may have limited access to traditional automobile financing due to increased credit risk. During periods of high inflation, economic slowdown or recession, delinquencies, defaults, repossessions and losses may increase in this portfolio. Significant increases in the inventory of used automobiles during periods of economic recession may also depress the prices at which we may sell repossessed vehicles or delay the timing of these sales. The number of delinquent loans, fluctuations in wholesale values of used automobiles and the availability of repossession agencies may impact the amount of net charge-offs experienced within the consumer finance automobile portfolio. In addition, our servicing costs may increase without a corresponding increase in our finance charge income. While we manage the higher risk inherent in loans made to these borrowers through our underwriting criteria for installment sales contracts we purchase and collection methods, we cannot guarantee that these criteria or methods will ultimately provide adequate protection against these risks.
Risk Highlights Q2, 2026
Risk Word Cloud
Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 32
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1The trading volume of our common stock may not provide adequate volume for investors, and future sales of our common stock by shareholders or the perception that those sales could occur may cause our common stock price to decline.
Although our common stock is listed for trading on NASDAQ Global Select Market, the trading volume in our common stock may be lower than that of other larger financial institutions. A public trading market having the desired characteristics of depth, liquidity and orderliness depends on the presence in the marketplace of willing buyers and sellers of the common stock at any given time. This presence depends on the individual decisions of investors and general economic and market conditions over which we have no control. Given these factors, a shareholder may have difficulty selling shares of our common stock at an attractive price (or at all). Additionally, shareholders may not be able to sell a substantial number of our common stock shares for the same price at which shareholders could sell a smaller number of shares. Given the potential for lower relative trading volume in our common stock, significant sales of the common stock in the public market, or the perception that those sales may occur, could cause the trading price of our common stock to decline or to be lower than it otherwise might be in the absence of these sales or perceptions.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2Our common stock price may be volatile, which could result in losses to our investors.
Our common stock price has been volatile in the past, and several factors could cause the price to fluctuate in the future. These factors include, but are not limited to, actual or anticipated variations in earnings, changes in analysts' recommendations or projections with regard to our common stock or the markets and businesses in which we operate, operations and stock performance of other companies deemed to be our peers, reports of trends and concerns and other issues related to the financial services industry, changes in government regulations, geopolitical conditions such as acts or threats of terrorism, military conflicts, the effects (or perceived effects) of pandemics and trade relations, and the realization of any of the other risks presented in this Form 10-K. Fluctuations in our common stock price may be unrelated to our performance. General market declines or market volatility in the future, especially in the financial institutions sector, could adversely affect the price of our common stock, and the current market price may not be indicative of future market prices.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3Future issuances of our common stock could adversely affect the market price of our common stock and could be dilutive.
We may issue additional shares of common stock or securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, shares of our common stock. Issuances of a substantial number of shares of our common stock, or the expectation that such issuances might occur, including in connection with acquisitions, could materially adversely affect the market price of the shares of our common stock and could be dilutive to shareholders. Any decision we make to issue common stock in the future will depend on market conditions and other factors, and we cannot predict or estimate the amount, timing, or nature of possible future issuances of our common stock. Accordingly, our shareholders bear the risk that future issuances of our securities will reduce the market price of the common stock and dilute their stock holdings in the Corporation.
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