FBNC vs. BUSE, SRCE, SYBT, TCBK, STBA, PFBC, EFSC, PEBO, LKFN, and RBCAA
Should you be buying First Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Bancorp include First Busey (BUSE), 1st Source (SRCE), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Preferred Bank (PFBC), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Lakeland Financial (LKFN), and Republic Bancorp (RBCAA). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
First Bancorp (NASDAQ:FBNC) and First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.
First Bancorp has a net margin of 20.58% compared to First Busey's net margin of 18.08%. First Busey's return on equity of 9.37% beat First Bancorp's return on equity.
First Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.77%. First Busey has a consensus price target of $25.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.19%. Given First Busey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Busey is more favorable than First Bancorp.
First Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. First Busey pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. First Bancorp pays out 31.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey pays out 48.5% 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 Busey has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Bancorp. First Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Busey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Bancorp received 32 more outperform votes than First Busey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.13% of users gave First Bancorp an outperform vote while only 54.63% of users gave First Busey an outperform vote.
In the previous week, First Bancorp and First Bancorp both had 2 articles in the media. First Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat First Busey's score of 0.93 indicating that First Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
68.4% of First Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of First Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of First Busey shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
First Bancorp has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Busey has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
First Bancorp and First Busey tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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