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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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