First Community (FCCO) Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Community in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" FCCO shares.
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2 brokerages 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 predict the company's share price to reach $22.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 25.4% 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 19.8% and is now trading at $17.55.
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First Community saw a drop in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 106,800 shares, a drop of 12.2% from the August 31st total of 121,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 29,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.6 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 18th 2023.
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First Community Co. (NASDAQ:FCCO) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 19th. The bank reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.39 by $0.04. The bank had revenue of $20.55 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.68 million. First Community had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.31% and a net margin of 20.36%.

First Community declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 19th. Investors of record on Tuesday, August 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.14 per share on Tuesday, August 15th. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, July 31st.
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First Community (NASDAQ:FCCO) pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.21%. 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 29.02%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FCCO will have a dividend payout ratio of 37.33% 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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Fourthstone LLC (8.57%), Hunter Perkins Capital Management LLC (5.80%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (5.01%), BlackRock Inc. (4.41%), Banc Funds Co. LLC (2.96%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.76%). Insiders that own company stock include E Leland Reynolds, Edward J Tarver, Jan H Hollar, Jane S Sosebee, Michael C Crapps and Mickey Layden.
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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 $17.55.

First Community (NASDAQ:FCCO) has a market capitalization of $133.20 million and generates $62.69 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $14.61 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.93 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 265 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.