FRBA vs. JMSB, HMST, LNKB, CIVB, BCML, BSVN, BMRC, OBT, PCB, and MVBF
Should you be buying First Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Bank include John Marshall Bancorp (JMSB), HomeStreet (HMST), LINKBANCORP (LNKB), Civista Bancshares (CIVB), BayCom (BCML), Bank7 (BSVN), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), Orange County Bancorp (OBT), PCB Bancorp (PCB), and MVB Financial (MVBF). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
John Marshall Bancorp (NASDAQ:JMSB) and First Bank (NASDAQ:FRBA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
39.1% of John Marshall Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.9% of First Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.7% of John Marshall Bancorp shares are owned 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 Bank has higher revenue and earnings than John Marshall Bancorp. First Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than John Marshall Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Bank has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.53%. Given John Marshall Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Bank is more favorable than John Marshall Bancorp.
In the previous week, First Bank had 12 more articles in the media than John Marshall Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for First Bank and 8 mentions for John Marshall Bancorp. First Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat John Marshall Bancorp's score of 0.03 indicating that John Marshall Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
John Marshall Bancorp has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Bank has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
John Marshall Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. First Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. John Marshall Bancorp pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Bank pays out 21.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
First Bank has a net margin of 13.63% compared to First Bank's net margin of 3.42%. John Marshall Bancorp's return on equity of 12.23% beat First Bank's return on equity.
First Bank received 190 more outperform votes than John Marshall Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.97% of users gave John Marshall Bancorp an outperform vote while only 63.54% of users gave First Bank an outperform vote.
Summary
First Bank beats John Marshall Bancorp on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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