First Community Bancshares (FCBC) 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.

Do analysts prefer BUSE or FCBC?

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

Is BUSE or FCBC more profitable?

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 Busey	8.32%	8.46%	0.96%
First Community Bancshares	27.24%	10.09%	1.60%

Does the media favor BUSE or FCBC?

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BUSE or FCBC?

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.

Is BUSE or FCBC a better dividend stock?

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.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BUSE or FCBC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Busey	$475.63M	4.51	$113.69M	$1.07	22.40
First Community Bancshares	$185.53M	4.02	$51.60M	$2.77	14.74

Which has more risk and volatility, BUSE or FCBC?

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.