FGBI vs. WNEB, BVFL, CZWI, FSFG, FNWD, BCBP, SFBC, FCAP, PROV, and RVSB
Should you be buying First Guaranty Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Guaranty Bancshares include Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), BV Financial (BVFL), Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI), First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), Finward Bancorp (FNWD), BCB Bancorp (BCBP), Sound Financial Bancorp (SFBC), First Capital (FCAP), Provident Financial (PROV), and Riverview Bancorp (RVSB). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Western New England Bancorp (NASDAQ:WNEB) and First Guaranty Bancshares (NASDAQ:FGBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.
Western New England Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Guaranty Bancshares. Western New England Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Guaranty Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Western New England Bancorp has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Guaranty Bancshares has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
68.0% of Western New England Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of First Guaranty Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of Western New England Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 46.4% of First Guaranty Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Western New England Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.16%. First Guaranty Bancshares has a consensus target price of $11.25, indicating a potential downside of 0.79%. Given First Guaranty Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Western New England Bancorp is more favorable than First Guaranty Bancshares.
In the previous week, First Guaranty Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than Western New England Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for First Guaranty Bancshares and 5 mentions for Western New England Bancorp. Western New England Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat First Guaranty Bancshares' score of 0.76 indicating that First Guaranty Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Western New England Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. First Guaranty Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Western New England Bancorp pays out 46.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Guaranty Bancshares pays out 130.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Western New England Bancorp has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Western New England Bancorp has a net margin of 11.10% compared to Western New England Bancorp's net margin of 3.94%. First Guaranty Bancshares' return on equity of 5.43% beat Western New England Bancorp's return on equity.
Western New England Bancorp received 138 more outperform votes than First Guaranty Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.43% of users gave First Guaranty Bancshares an outperform vote while only 59.28% of users gave Western New England Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
Western New England Bancorp beats First Guaranty Bancshares on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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