FCCO vs. RMBI, FRAF, CFFI, UNB, FINW, PWOD, MNSB, HNVR, OPBK, and OVBC
Should you be buying First Community stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Community include Richmond Mutual Bancorporation (RMBI), Franklin Financial Services (FRAF), C&F Financial (CFFI), Union Bankshares (UNB), FinWise Bancorp (FINW), Penns Woods Bancorp (PWOD), MainStreet Bancshares (MNSB), Hanover Bancorp (HNVR), OP Bancorp (OPBK), and Ohio Valley Banc (OVBC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Richmond Mutual Bancorporation (NASDAQ:RMBI) and First Community (NASDAQ:FCCO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
First Community received 161 more outperform votes than Richmond Mutual Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.14% of users gave Richmond Mutual Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 44.82% of users gave First Community an outperform vote.
First Community has higher revenue and earnings than Richmond Mutual Bancorporation. First Community is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Richmond Mutual Bancorporation has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Community has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Richmond Mutual Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. First Community pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Richmond Mutual Bancorporation pays out 64.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Community pays out 39.2% 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. Richmond Mutual Bancorporation has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and First Community has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Richmond Mutual Bancorporation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
First Community has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.58%. Given Richmond Mutual Bancorporation's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Community is more favorable than Richmond Mutual Bancorporation.
26.5% of Richmond Mutual Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.3% of First Community shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of Richmond Mutual Bancorporation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of First Community shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
First Community has a net margin of 12.32% compared to First Community's net margin of 11.72%. Richmond Mutual Bancorporation's return on equity of 8.69% beat First Community's return on equity.
In the previous week, First Community had 2 more articles in the media than Richmond Mutual Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for First Community and 4 mentions for Richmond Mutual Bancorporation. Richmond Mutual Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat First Community's score of 0.34 indicating that First Community is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
First Community beats Richmond Mutual Bancorporation on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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