Bitcoin Depot (BTM) Competitors

First Bancshares (NASDAQ:FBMS) and Bitcoin Depot (NASDAQ:BTM) 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, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.

Is FBMS or BTM more profitable?

First Bancshares has a net margin of 18.40% compared to Bitcoin Depot's net margin of -2.28%. First Bancshares' return on equity of 8.29% beat Bitcoin Depot's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Bancshares	18.40%	8.29%	1.02%
Bitcoin Depot	-2.28%	-488.33%	-15.15%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FBMS or BTM?

69.9% of First Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.2% of Bitcoin Depot shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of First Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 70.2% of Bitcoin Depot shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, FBMS or BTM?

First Bancshares has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bitcoin Depot has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FBMS or BTM?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Bancshares	$276.99M	3.81	$77.19M	$2.44	13.83
Bitcoin Depot	$599.39M	0.65	-$26.10M	-$0.19	-32.05

Do analysts rate FBMS or BTM?

First Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $38.75, suggesting a potential upside of 14.81%. Bitcoin Depot has a consensus price target of $4.83, suggesting a potential downside of 20.63%. Given First Bancshares' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe First Bancshares is more favorable than Bitcoin Depot.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Bitcoin Depot	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.40

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FBMS or BTM?

First Bancshares received 218 more outperform votes than Bitcoin Depot when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 93.75% of users gave Bitcoin Depot an outperform vote while only 51.66% of users gave First Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Bancshares	Outperform Votes 233 51.66%	Underperform Votes 218 48.34%
Bitcoin Depot	Outperform Votes 15 93.75%	Underperform Votes 1 6.25%

Does the media prefer FBMS or BTM?

In the previous week, Bitcoin Depot had 7 more articles in the media than First Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Bitcoin Depot and 0 mentions for First Bancshares. Bitcoin Depot's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat First Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Bitcoin Depot is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Bancshares	Neutral
Bitcoin Depot	Positive

Summary

First Bancshares beats Bitcoin Depot on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.