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

SASR POWR Grades

• SASR scores best on the Stability dimension, with a Stability rank ahead of 76.17% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for SASR is in Value, which has been heading up over the past 47 weeks.
• SASR ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 36th percentile.

SASR Stock Summary

• With a year-over-year growth in debt of -77.99%, Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc's debt growth rate surpasses just 3.98% of about US stocks.
• Over the past twelve months, SASR has reported earnings growth of 364.6%, putting it ahead of 93.59% of US stocks in our set.
• Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc's shareholder yield -- a measure of how much capital is returned to stockholders via dividends and buybacks -- is 66.52%, greater than the shareholder yield of 96.89% of stocks in our set.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to SASR, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are FBK, PFHD, RBNC, TBK, and ABTX.
• 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

• SASR's EV/EBIT ratio is 5.6; this is 34.88% lower than that of the median Financial Services stock.
• SASR's EV/EBIT ratio has moved down 22.5 over the prior 243 months.
• Over the past 243 months, SASR's EV/EBIT ratio has gone down 22.5.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for SASR.

SASR Growth Metrics

• Its 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 19%.
• The 5 year revenue growth rate now stands at 69.82%.
• Its 4 year price growth rate is now at -13.05%.

SASR's revenue has moved up $363,614,000 over the prior 52 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
2021-06-30	563.104	176.39	234.031
2021-03-31	490.347	156.985	162.43
2020-12-31	380.206	141.981	96.953
2020-09-30	326.808	139.331	68.748
2020-06-30	290.776	109.876	53.489
2020-03-31	306.132	85.637	96.103

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 45.48% of graded US stocks.
• SASR's asset turnover comes in at 0.044 -- ranking 117th of 437 Banking stocks.
• MRLN, DFS, and COF are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with SASR.

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