Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. (SASR): Price and Financial Metrics

SASR POWR Grades

• SASR scores best on the Value dimension, with a Value rank ahead of 77.28% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for SASR is in Growth, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• SASR's current lowest rank is in the Growth metric (where it is better than 5.55% of US stocks).

SASR Stock Summary

• SASR's equity multiplier -- a measure of assets relative to shareholders'equity -- is greater than that of 87.98% of US stocks.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of 84.08%, SANDY SPRING BANCORP INC's debt growth rate surpasses 88.53% of about US stocks.
• Shareholder yield, a measure of how much is returned to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases, for SASR comes in at -57.9% -- higher than that of only 9.25% of stocks in our set.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to SASR, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are OCFC, LBAI, CAC, FLIC, and BHB.
• SASR's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit SANDY SPRING BANCORP INC's official web site, go to www.sandyspringbank.com.

SASR Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Financial Services stock, SASR's price/earnings ratio is 27.37% lower, now standing at 6.9.
• Over the past 243 months, SASR's price/sales ratio has gone down 2.3.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for SASR.

SASR Growth Metrics

The 2 year revenue growth rate now stands at 71.29%.
• Its year over year revenue growth rate is now at 6.94%.
• Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 141.81%.

SASR's revenue has moved up $173,519,000 over the prior 34 months.

The table below shows SASR's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	479.651	216.322	166.299
2022-09-30	495.731	233.2	177.723
2022-06-30	524.006	242.383	201.115
2022-03-31	524.366	253.485	203.578
2021-12-31	572.129	216.398	235.107
2021-09-30	582.46	213.313	246.365

SASR's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• SASR has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 56.19% of graded US stocks.
• SASR's asset turnover comes in at 0.044 -- ranking 116th of 430 Banking stocks.
• COF, UNTY, and UMPQ are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with SASR.

The table below shows SASR's key quality metrics over time.