FBMS vs. AMTB, DCOM, BFC, OCFC, SASR, AMNB, CAC, HAFC, ALRS, and AROW
Should you be buying First Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Bancshares include Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Bank First (BFC), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), American National Bankshares (AMNB), Camden National (CAC), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), Alerus Financial (ALRS), and Arrow Financial (AROW). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
First Bancshares (NASDAQ:FBMS) and Amerant Bancorp (NASDAQ:AMTB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
First Bancshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Amerant Bancorp. First Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amerant Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, First Bancshares had 3 more articles in the media than Amerant Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for First Bancshares and 0 mentions for Amerant Bancorp. Amerant Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat First Bancshares' score of 0.49 indicating that Amerant Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First Bancshares presently has a consensus price target of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.31%. Amerant Bancorp has a consensus price target of $26.25, indicating a potential upside of 12.76%. Given First Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe First Bancshares is more favorable than Amerant Bancorp.
First Bancshares received 175 more outperform votes than Amerant Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.04% of users gave First Bancshares an outperform vote while only 47.06% of users gave Amerant Bancorp an outperform vote.
First Bancshares has a net margin of 19.47% compared to Amerant Bancorp's net margin of 5.11%. First Bancshares' return on equity of 10.60% beat Amerant Bancorp's return on equity.
First Bancshares has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amerant Bancorp has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
70.0% of First Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.1% of Amerant Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of First Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of Amerant Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
First Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Amerant Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. First Bancshares pays out 41.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amerant Bancorp pays out 37.1% 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.
Summary
First Bancshares beats Amerant Bancorp on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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