Alert: Rating Upgrade (11/17/23)-First Community Corp (NASDAQ: FCCO).

Reflecting improving fundamentals and high Appreciation Potential, the Value Trend Rating for First Community Corp (NASDAQ: FCCO) improved recently. FCCO's current Value Trend Rating is C and the prior Rating was D. Details supporting this higher rating are included in our next report.

On 11/17/23, First Community Corp (NASDAQ: FCCO) stock rose slightly by 0.2%, closing at $17.43. The stock has performed in line with the market over the last nine months and has risen 0.6% during the last week.
FCCO's future returns on capital are forecasted to be above the cost of capital. Accordingly, the company is expected to continue to be a modest Value Builder.
First Community has a current Value Trend Rating of C (Low Neutral). This VT Rating improved in recent days from D previously. The Value Trend Rating reflects consistent signals from PTR's two proprietary measures of a stock's attractiveness. First Community has a neutral Appreciation Score of 54 and a slightly negative Power Rating of 35, producing the Low Neutral Value Trend Rating.