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NASDAQ:FCBC

First Community Bankshares (FCBC) Competitors

$29.03
-0.38 (-1.29%)
(As of 09/27/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$29.00
$29.49
50-Day Range
$29.03
$34.14
52-Week Range
$22.55
$39.39
Volume
37,228 shs
Average Volume
35,016 shs
Market Capitalization
$545.44 million
P/E Ratio
10.19
Dividend Yield
4.00%
Price Target
$33.00

FCBC vs. GSBC, CTBI, HTBK, UVSP, MBWM, CCBG, EGBN, HBNC, WASH, and CPF

Should you be buying First Community Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Community Bankshares include Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Univest Financial (UVSP), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), and Central Pacific Financial (CPF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

First Community Bankshares vs.

Great Southern Bancorp (NASDAQ:GSBC) and First Community Bankshares (NASDAQ:FCBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and valuation.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Great Southern Bancorp$240.15M2.40$75.95M$6.497.41
First Community Bankshares$149.24M3.65$46.66M$2.8510.19

First Community Bankshares received 9 more outperform votes than Great Southern Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.87% of users gave First Community Bankshares an outperform vote while only 56.23% of users gave Great Southern Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Great Southern BancorpOutperform Votes
230
56.23%
Underperform Votes
179
43.77%
First Community BanksharesOutperform Votes
239
58.87%
Underperform Votes
167
41.13%

First Community Bankshares has a net margin of 29.29% compared to First Community Bankshares' net margin of 26.16%. First Community Bankshares' return on equity of 14.82% beat Great Southern Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Great Southern Bancorp26.16% 14.82% 1.39%
First Community Bankshares 29.29%11.26%1.56%

First Community Bankshares has a consensus price target of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.68%. Given Great Southern Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Community Bankshares is more favorable than Great Southern Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Great Southern Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
First Community Bankshares
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

Great Southern Bancorp has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Community Bankshares has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Great Southern Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than First Community Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Great Southern Bancorp and 2 mentions for First Community Bankshares. Great Southern Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat First Community Bankshares' score of 0.92 indicating that First Community Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Great Southern Bancorp
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Community Bankshares
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

41.0% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.6% of First Community Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 27.6% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of First Community Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Great Southern Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. First Community Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Great Southern Bancorp pays out 24.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Community Bankshares pays out 40.7% 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. Great Southern Bancorp has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and First Community Bankshares has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Summary

Great Southern Bancorp and First Community Bankshares tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


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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 BanksharesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$552.58M$1.99B$6.82B$6.23B
Dividend Yield3.91%41.87%15.37%9.41%
P/E Ratio10.197.6983.4813.58
Price / Sales3.652.15468.3456.54
Price / Cash9.666.5335.28100.00
Price / Book1.130.991.824.61
Net Income$46.66M$386.13M$718.11M$186.23M
7 Day Performance-3.97%-1.55%-2.10%-2.46%
1 Month Performance-6.23%-4.27%0.95%-5.15%
1 Year Performance-10.76%-15.83%4.83%5.70%

First Community Bankshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
2.1778 of 5 stars
$48.83
-0.6%
N/A-17.6%$583.52M$261.12M7.521,124Short Interest ↑
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
2.9338 of 5 stars
$34.38
flat
N/A-17.0%$618.50M$255.66M7.64975Short Interest ↑
Positive News
HTBK
Heritage Commerce
2.7994 of 5 stars
$8.49
-0.1%
$12.00
+41.3%
-28.3%$518.65M$198.94M6.96347Positive News
UVSP
Univest Financial
2.9031 of 5 stars
$17.06
-0.5%
$27.50
+61.2%
-27.7%$502.76M$330.08M6.09973Positive News
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
2.9008 of 5 stars
$31.15
-0.8%
$39.00
+25.2%
+2.5%$498.96M$218.62M6.28665Short Interest ↓
Positive News
CCBG
Capital City Bank Group
2.8871 of 5 stars
$29.28
-1.3%
$38.00
+29.8%
-6.4%$497.47M$225.98M9.51992Short Interest ↑
EGBN
Eagle Bancorp
2.4932 of 5 stars
$22.35
-0.1%
$34.00
+52.1%
-52.1%$668.49M$448.27M5.32465News Coverage
Positive News
HBNC
Horizon Bancorp
2.8229 of 5 stars
$10.61
+0.5%
$15.75
+48.4%
-43.4%$468.01M$283.48M5.64852Short Interest ↓
WASH
Washington Trust Bancorp
2.6724 of 5 stars
$26.59
-0.2%
$51.00
+91.8%
-43.6%$452.56M$257.07M7.75651Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
CPF
Central Pacific Financial
2.5891 of 5 stars
$16.64
+0.5%
$23.00
+38.2%
-23.0%$449.95M$280.58M6.71735

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