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First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBI) Competitors

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$10.75
+0.40 (+3.86%)
(As of 10/31/2024 ET)

FGBI vs. ML, SHBI, QD, GCBC, PFIS, ALRS, HIVE, OPFI, TCBX, and FFWM

Should you be buying First Guaranty Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Guaranty Bancshares include MoneyLion (ML), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), Qudian (QD), Greene County Bancorp (GCBC), Peoples Financial Services (PFIS), Alerus Financial (ALRS), HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), OppFi (OPFI), Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX), and First Foundation (FFWM). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

First Guaranty Bancshares vs.

MoneyLion (NYSE:ML) and First Guaranty Bancshares (NASDAQ:FGBI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

MoneyLion has a beta of 2.69, meaning that its stock price is 169% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Guaranty Bancshares has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

31.4% of MoneyLion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of First Guaranty Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of MoneyLion shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.4% of First Guaranty Bancshares shares are owned 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 Guaranty Bancshares has a net margin of 5.53% compared to MoneyLion's net margin of 0.40%. First Guaranty Bancshares' return on equity of 5.84% beat MoneyLion's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MoneyLion0.40% 0.72% 0.36%
First Guaranty Bancshares 5.53%5.84%0.36%

MoneyLion presently has a consensus target price of $89.17, indicating a potential upside of 107.51%. First Guaranty Bancshares has a consensus target price of $9.50, indicating a potential downside of 11.63%. Given MoneyLion's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe MoneyLion is more favorable than First Guaranty Bancshares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MoneyLion
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13
First Guaranty Bancshares
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

First Guaranty Bancshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MoneyLion. First Guaranty Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MoneyLion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MoneyLion$475.07M0.99-$45.24M$0.07613.86
First Guaranty Bancshares$105.76M1.27$9.22M$0.4921.94

First Guaranty Bancshares received 140 more outperform votes than MoneyLion when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.00% of users gave MoneyLion an outperform vote while only 65.43% of users gave First Guaranty Bancshares an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MoneyLionOutperform Votes
19
76.00%
Underperform Votes
6
24.00%
First Guaranty BancsharesOutperform Votes
159
65.43%
Underperform Votes
84
34.57%

In the previous week, MoneyLion had 1 more articles in the media than First Guaranty Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for MoneyLion and 2 mentions for First Guaranty Bancshares. MoneyLion's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat First Guaranty Bancshares' score of 0.30 indicating that MoneyLion is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MoneyLion
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Guaranty Bancshares
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

MoneyLion beats First Guaranty Bancshares on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FGBI vs. The Competition

MetricFirst Guaranty BancsharesFederal savings institutions IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$134.43M$2.83B$9.71B$8.41B
Dividend Yield3.12%3.36%10.50%4.20%
P/E Ratio12.9523.4448.7517.57
Price / Sales1.274.483,282.6478.36
Price / Cash8.3018.2529.7933.56
Price / Book0.570.982.914.57
Net Income$9.22M$372.73M$951.51M$225.42M
7 Day Performance4.57%-0.11%-0.61%-0.61%
1 Month Performance0.94%0.96%0.47%1.50%
1 Year Performance2.38%23.18%26.15%32.94%

First Guaranty Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FGBI
First Guaranty Bancshares
3.7165 of 5 stars
$10.75
+3.9%
$9.50
-11.6%
-2.8%$134.43M$105.76M12.95490Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Up
ML
MoneyLion
4.4968 of 5 stars
$46.82
+3.0%
$89.17
+90.4%
+124.7%$513.62M$423.43M668.86560Upcoming Earnings
SHBI
Shore Bancshares
1.8226 of 5 stars
$14.88
+3.8%
$15.00
+0.8%
+41.0%$494.37M$199.15M11.90610Positive News
QD
Qudian
N/A$2.45
+4.3%
N/A+29.1%$491.47M$17.79M-13.61940
GCBC
Greene County Bancorp
2.584 of 5 stars
$28.64
+1.5%
N/A+19.8%$487.65M$65.02M19.75210Short Interest ↑
PFIS
Peoples Financial Services
3.0064 of 5 stars
$47.04
+1.9%
$45.00
-4.3%
+20.8%$469.46M$163.98M19.52400Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
ALRS
Alerus Financial
4.5469 of 5 stars
$23.72
+2.2%
$23.40
-1.3%
+18.4%$469.11M$167.96M67.77840Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
HIVE
HIVE Digital Technologies
3.3968 of 5 stars
$3.98
+9.6%
$5.70
+43.2%
+44.7%$468.51M$123.14M-10.7620Analyst Forecast
OPFI
OppFi
1.5172 of 5 stars
$5.25
+4.0%
$5.00
-4.8%
+133.1%$452.81M$508.95M65.63570Upcoming Earnings
TCBX
Third Coast Bancshares
1.4611 of 5 stars
$32.57
+4.8%
$25.33
-22.2%
+116.2%$445.23M$274.75M12.77330
FFWM
First Foundation
3.0177 of 5 stars
$7.63
+5.4%
$7.80
+2.2%
+53.0%$431.19M$160.77M50.87563Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:FGBI) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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