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First Business Financial Services (FBIZ) Competitors

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$54.67 +1.42 (+2.66%)
As of 07/3/2025 01:34 PM Eastern
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FBIZ vs. CCNE, CTBI, FMBH, FRME, MBWM, OBK, SHBI, THFF, NIC, and PFS

Should you be buying First Business Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Business Financial Services include CNB Financial (CCNE), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), First Merchants (FRME), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), First Financial Corporation Indiana (THFF), Nicolet Bankshares (NIC), and Provident Financial Services (PFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

First Business Financial Services vs. Its Competitors

CNB Financial (NASDAQ:CCNE) and First Business Financial Services (NASDAQ:FBIZ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, media sentiment, profitability and institutional ownership.

CNB Financial has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Business Financial Services has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, CNB Financial had 1 more articles in the media than First Business Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for CNB Financial and 4 mentions for First Business Financial Services. First Business Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat CNB Financial's score of 0.89 indicating that First Business Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CNB Financial
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Business Financial Services
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

CNB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. First Business Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. CNB Financial pays out 30.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Business Financial Services pays out 21.1% 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. CNB Financial has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and First Business Financial Services has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

CNB Financial presently has a consensus target price of $25.75, indicating a potential upside of 5.62%. First Business Financial Services has a consensus target price of $57.25, indicating a potential upside of 4.72%. Given CNB Financial's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CNB Financial is more favorable than First Business Financial Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CNB Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
First Business Financial Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

52.4% of CNB Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.1% of First Business Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of CNB Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of First Business Financial Services 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 Business Financial Services has a net margin of 17.44% compared to CNB Financial's net margin of 14.50%. First Business Financial Services' return on equity of 14.36% beat CNB Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CNB Financial14.50% 9.80% 0.88%
First Business Financial Services 17.44%14.36%1.17%

CNB Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Business Financial Services. First Business Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CNB Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CNB Financial$364.58M1.40$54.58M$2.3310.46
First Business Financial Services$262.38M1.73$44.24M$5.509.94

Summary

First Business Financial Services beats CNB Financial on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FBIZ vs. The Competition

MetricFirst Business Financial ServicesBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$454.96M$2.50B$12.11B$9.04B
Dividend Yield2.12%3.47%5.54%4.00%
P/E Ratio9.9411.9420.0520.24
Price / Sales1.732.3426.09117.30
Price / Cash8.7810.9521.7058.10
Price / Book1.431.242.285.67
Net Income$44.24M$174.52M$1.00B$249.21M
7 Day Performance7.38%4.80%2.25%3.28%
1 Month Performance13.89%6.40%3.69%3.95%
1 Year Performance55.09%27.57%541.99%20.98%

First Business Financial Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FBIZ
First Business Financial Services
4.5752 of 5 stars
$54.67
+2.7%
$57.25
+4.7%
+55.1%$454.96M$262.38M9.94340Positive News
CCNE
CNB Financial
4.2512 of 5 stars
$22.86
-0.1%
$25.75
+12.6%
+26.2%$479.60M$364.58M9.81760News Coverage
Positive News
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
3.5566 of 5 stars
$52.92
-0.3%
$57.00
+7.7%
+34.6%$958.38M$376.01M11.05980News Coverage
Positive News
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
2.5582 of 5 stars
$37.49
-1.9%
$43.83
+16.9%
+24.7%$899.39M$453.67M11.161,198Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
FRME
First Merchants
4.6488 of 5 stars
$38.30
-0.9%
$46.40
+21.1%
+25.7%$2.23B$1.07B10.762,120
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
2.6946 of 5 stars
$46.41
+0.2%
$52.83
+13.8%
+30.0%$753.70M$361.89M9.63670
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.2281 of 5 stars
$35.77
+0.0%
$42.20
+18.0%
+23.7%$1.11B$358.20M14.541,010News Coverage
Analyst Revision
SHBI
Shore Bancshares
3.7922 of 5 stars
$15.72
+0.8%
$20.00
+27.2%
+50.1%$524.58M$326.48M10.55450High Trading Volume
THFF
First Financial Corporation Indiana
3.6002 of 5 stars
$54.19
0.0%
$55.67
+2.7%
+59.9%$642.15M$307.51M11.73880Ex-Dividend
NIC
Nicolet Bankshares
2.7065 of 5 stars
$123.74
-1.0%
$119.25
-3.6%
+64.4%$1.87B$520.63M14.93860News Coverage
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.1701 of 5 stars
$17.55
-0.9%
$23.60
+34.5%
+32.6%$2.29B$1.14B15.811,801Analyst Revision

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