FMBH vs. ALTA, CFB, UVSP, CATC, HTBK, FBP, AUB, TCBI, FIBK, and CATY
Should you be buying First Mid Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Mid Bancshares include Altabancorp (ALTA), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), Univest Financial (UVSP), Cambridge Bancorp (CATC), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), First BanCorp. (FBP), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), and Cathay General Bancorp (CATY). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Altabancorp (NASDAQ:ALTA) and First Mid Bancshares (NASDAQ:FMBH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
Altabancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. First Mid Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Altabancorp pays out 29.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Mid Bancshares pays out 29.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. First Mid Bancshares has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. First Mid Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
First Mid Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Altabancorp. First Mid Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altabancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
45.7% of Altabancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of First Mid Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 16.2% of Altabancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of First Mid Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Altabancorp has a net margin of 34.49% compared to Altabancorp's net margin of 17.01%. First Mid Bancshares' return on equity of 12.27% beat Altabancorp's return on equity.
First Mid Bancshares has a consensus price target of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.57%. Given Altabancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Mid Bancshares is more favorable than Altabancorp.
First Mid Bancshares received 180 more outperform votes than Altabancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.85% of users gave Altabancorp an outperform vote while only 52.23% of users gave First Mid Bancshares an outperform vote.
Altabancorp has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Mid Bancshares has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, First Mid Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than Altabancorp. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for First Mid Bancshares and 0 mentions for Altabancorp. Altabancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat First Mid Bancshares' score of 0.91 indicating that First Mid Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
First Mid Bancshares beats Altabancorp on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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