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First Community Bancshares (FCBC) Competitors

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$40.84 -0.95 (-2.27%)
As of 03:51 PM Eastern

FCBC vs. BUSE, CTBI, FRME, GSBC, IBCP, MBWM, STBA, TOWN, PRK, and TMP

Should you be buying First Community Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Community Bancshares include First Busey (BUSE), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Merchants (FRME), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Independent Bank (IBCP), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Towne Bank (TOWN), Park National (PRK), and Tompkins Financial (TMP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

First Community Bancshares vs. Its Competitors

First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) and First Community Bancshares (NASDAQ:FCBC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

First Busey presently has a consensus price target of $27.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.42%. Given First Busey's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe First Busey is more favorable than First Community Bancshares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
First Community Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

First Community Bancshares has a net margin of 27.24% compared to First Busey's net margin of 8.32%. First Community Bancshares' return on equity of 10.09% beat First Busey's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Busey8.32% 8.46% 0.96%
First Community Bancshares 27.24%10.09%1.60%

In the previous week, First Busey had 10 more articles in the media than First Community Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for First Busey and 1 mentions for First Community Bancshares. First Community Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat First Busey's score of 0.26 indicating that First Community Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Busey
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
First Community Bancshares
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

56.5% of First Busey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of First Community Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of First Busey shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of First Community Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. First Community Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. First Busey pays out 93.5% 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 Community Bancshares pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and First Community Bancshares has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Busey$475.63M4.51$113.69M$1.0722.40
First Community Bancshares$185.53M4.02$51.60M$2.7714.74

First Busey has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Community Bancshares has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

First Busey beats First Community Bancshares on 12 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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FCBC vs. The Competition

MetricFirst Community BancsharesBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$746.56M$1.97B$11.87B$8.92B
Dividend Yield2.97%2.62%5.53%4.00%
P/E Ratio14.7412.3619.9520.05
Price / Sales4.022.4125.73117.27
Price / Cash13.2212.5018.7228.59
Price / Book1.421.212.255.57
Net Income$51.60M$154.64M$990.08M$248.56M
7 Day Performance4.26%3.21%1.30%7.44%
1 Month Performance6.63%5.63%3.32%8.43%
1 Year Performance14.01%29.62%541.98%21.72%

First Community Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCBC
First Community Bancshares
2.8103 of 5 stars
$40.84
-2.3%
N/A+16.5%$746.56M$185.53M14.74630News Coverage
Positive News
BUSE
First Busey
4.7043 of 5 stars
$22.89
-1.4%
$27.33
+19.4%
+3.5%$2.08B$663.36M21.391,548High Trading Volume
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
3.5489 of 5 stars
$52.92
-0.3%
$57.00
+7.7%
+34.6%$961.51M$376.01M11.05980Positive News
FRME
First Merchants
4.7011 of 5 stars
$38.30
-0.9%
$46.40
+21.1%
+25.7%$2.25B$1.07B10.762,120
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
2.2437 of 5 stars
$58.78
-0.9%
$59.50
+1.2%
+18.0%$680.51M$355.26M10.501,108Positive News
High Trading Volume
IBCP
Independent Bank
3.1735 of 5 stars
$32.41
-0.6%
$36.67
+13.1%
+35.6%$675.92M$323.14M10.32920Positive News
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
2.5066 of 5 stars
$46.41
+0.2%
$52.83
+13.8%
+30.0%$752.34M$361.89M9.63670
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.2332 of 5 stars
$37.82
-0.5%
$41.67
+10.2%
+22.6%$1.46B$564.96M10.901,206
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.8716 of 5 stars
$34.18
-0.5%
$40.00
+17.0%
+34.4%$2.58B$1.03B14.482,720Positive News
PRK
Park National
2.2394 of 5 stars
$167.26
-0.2%
$177.75
+6.3%
+25.9%$2.71B$528.91M17.971,790Trending News
TMP
Tompkins Financial
3.4852 of 5 stars
$62.73
-1.4%
$69.00
+10.0%
N/A$918.75M$435.70M12.201,011News Coverage
Positive News

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