NASDAQ:FCCO - First Community Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

First Community announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 31st will be given a dividend of $0.11 per share on Friday, November 15th. This represents a $0.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.06%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, October 30th. View First Community's Dividend History.

First Community Co. (NASDAQ:FCCO) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 16th. The bank reported $0.39 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.35 by $0.04. The bank had revenue of $12.47 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $12.09 million. First Community had a net margin of 20.48% and a return on equity of 9.42%. View First Community's Earnings History.

First Community is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 15th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for First Community.

1 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for First Community's stock. Their forecasts range from $20.50 to $20.50. On average, they anticipate First Community's stock price to reach $20.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.0%. View Analyst Price Targets for First Community.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Community in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for First Community.

News coverage about FCCO stock has trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. First Community earned a news sentiment score of 1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for First Community.

First Community saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 70,700 shares, an increase of 12.4% from the September 15th total of 62,900 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 8,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 8.8 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company's stock are short sold. View First Community's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to First Community include HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), First Financial (THFF), Flushing Financial (FFIC), First Mid-Illinois Bancshares (FMBH), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Carter Bank and Trust (CARE), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), Peoples Utah Bancorp (PUB), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), Franklin Financial Network (FSB), Independent Bank Co.(MI) (IBCP), Old Line Bancshares, Inc. (MD) (OLBK), CNB Financial (CCNE) and Capital City Bank Group (CCBG).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other First Community investors own include First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Intel (INTC), Nike (NKE), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), Intuit (INTU), Malibu Boats (MBUU), Century Communities (CCS), Leggett & Platt (LEG), Pfizer (PFE) and Broadcom (AVGO).

First Community's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Pwmco LLC (3.60%), Abacus Planning Group Inc. (1.31%), Asset Advisors Investment Management LLC (0.74%), Stifel Financial Corp (0.32%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.21%) and Barclays PLC (0.18%). Company insiders that own First Community stock include Anita B Easter, David K Proctor, Jane S Sosebee, Joseph G Sawyer, Michael C Crapps, Richard K Bogan and Thomas Carlton Brown. View Institutional Ownership Trends for First Community.

FCCO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Barclays PLC, Asset Advisors Investment Management LLC, Abacus Planning Group Inc. and Stifel Financial Corp. Company insiders that have sold First Community company stock in the last year include David K Proctor and Thomas Carlton Brown. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Community.

FCCO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pwmco LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and First Trust Advisors LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Community.

Shares of FCCO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FCCO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $21.35.

First Community has a market capitalization of $157.99 million and generates $50.37 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $11.23 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.45 on an earnings per share basis. First Community employs 226 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About First Community.

The official website for First Community is http://www.firstcommunitysc.com/.

First Community's mailing address is 5455 SUNSET BLVD, LEXINGTON SC, 29072. The bank can be reached via phone at 803-951-2265 or via email at [email protected]