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 Community Bancshares (NASDAQ:FCBC) and First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
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.
First Busey has a consensus target price of $27.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.28%. Given First Busey's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Busey is more favorable than First Community Bancshares.
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.
35.0% of First Community Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of First Community Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of First Busey shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
First Community Bancshares has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Busey has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Community Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. First Community Bancshares pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and First Busey has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years.
In the previous week, First Busey had 8 more articles in the media than First Community Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 9 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 media.
Summary
First Busey beats First Community Bancshares on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FCBC) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff