FCBC vs. MCBS, HBT, MBWM, UVSP, GSBC, BFST, EGBN, HBNC, CPF, and MSBI
Should you be buying First Community Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Community Bankshares include MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), HBT Financial (HBT), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Univest Financial (UVSP), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Business First Bancshares (BFST), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), and Midland States Bancorp (MSBI).
MetroCity Bankshares (NASDAQ:MCBS) and First Community Bankshares (NASDAQ:FCBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.
MetroCity Bankshares presently has a consensus target price of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.62%. First Community Bankshares has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.14%. Given First Community Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MetroCity Bankshares is more favorable than First Community Bankshares.
MetroCity Bankshares has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Community Bankshares has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, MetroCity Bankshares had 2 more articles in the media than First Community Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for MetroCity Bankshares and 6 mentions for First Community Bankshares. First Community Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat MetroCity Bankshares' score of 0.44 indicating that MetroCity Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MetroCity Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than First Community Bankshares. MetroCity Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Community Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
25.3% of MetroCity Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of First Community Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 27.5% of MetroCity Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of First Community Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
First Community Bankshares received 221 more outperform votes than MetroCity Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.44% of users gave First Community Bankshares an outperform vote while only 47.37% of users gave MetroCity Bankshares an outperform vote.
MetroCity Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. First Community Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. MetroCity Bankshares pays out 40.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Community Bankshares pays out 42.8% 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. MetroCity Bankshares has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
First Community Bankshares has a net margin of 27.10% compared to First Community Bankshares' net margin of 23.26%. First Community Bankshares' return on equity of 13.30% beat MetroCity Bankshares' return on equity.
Summary
MetroCity Bankshares beats First Community Bankshares on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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