First Community (FCCO) Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Community in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" FCCO shares.
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2 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for First Community's shares. Their FCCO share price forecasts range from $22.00 to $22.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $22.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 29.9% from the stock's current price.
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First Community's stock was trading at $21.89 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, FCCO stock has decreased by 22.7% and is now trading at $16.93.
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First Community saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 34,800 shares, an increase of 27.0% from the April 30th total of 27,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 17,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 0.5% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 19th 2023.
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First Community Co. (NASDAQ:FCCO) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 19th. The bank reported $0.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.15. The bank had revenue of $16.02 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $14.57 million. First Community had a net margin of 21.91% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.32%.

First Community announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.14 per share on Tuesday, May 16th. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 1st.
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First Community (NASDAQ:FCCO) pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.31%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 29.32%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FCCO will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.75% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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4 employees have rated First Community Chief Executive Officer Mike Crapps on Glassdoor.com. Mike Crapps has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Mike Crapps in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other First Community investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Boeing (BA), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Main Street Capital (MAIN), CalAmp (CAMP), Mastercard (MA), Pfizer (PFE), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and AXIS Capital (AXS).

First Community trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FCCO."

First Community's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Fourthstone LLC (8.54%), Ameriprise Financial Inc. (4.06%), Hunter Perkins Capital Management LLC (2.92%), rhino investment partners Inc (2.24%), Wellington Management Group LLP (1.39%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.38%). Insiders that own company stock include E Leland Reynolds, Edward J Tarver, Jan H Hollar, Jane S Sosebee, Michael C Crapps, Mickey Layden and Tanya A Butts.
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Shares of FCCO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of FCCO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.93.

First Community (NASDAQ:FCCO) has a market capitalization of $128.50 million and generates $62.69 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $14.61 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.91 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 247 workers across the globe.

First Community's mailing address is 5455 SUNSET BLVD, LEXINGTON SC, 29072. The official website for the company is www.firstcommunitysc.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (803) 951-2265, via email at investorrelations@firstcommunitysc.com, or via fax at 803-951-1722.