First Community - FCCO Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 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 for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" FCCO shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in FCCO, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for First Community's shares. Their FCCO share price forecasts range from $20.00 to $20.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $20.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.5%.
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First Community's stock was trading at $20.8750 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, FCCO shares have decreased by 1.7% and is now trading at $20.51.
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First Community saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,700 shares, an increase of 52.3% from the October 31st total of 4,400 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 9,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.7 days. Approximately 0.1% 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, January 18th 2023.
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First Community Co. (NASDAQ:FCCO) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 19th. The bank reported $0.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.48 by $0.15. The bank earned $16.02 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.57 million. First Community had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.64% and a net margin of 23.99%.

First Community announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.13 per share on Tuesday, November 15th. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.54%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, October 31st.
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First Community (NASDAQ:FCCO) pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.52%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 27.23%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FCCO will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.41% 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (5.23%), Hunter Perkins Capital Management LLC (2.99%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.40%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.96%), Abacus Planning Group Inc. (0.91%) and Algebris UK Ltd (0.65%). Insiders that own company stock include E Leland Reynolds, Edward J Tarver, Jane S Sosebee, 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 $20.51.

First Community (NASDAQ:FCCO) has a market capitalization of $155.26 million and generates $61.42 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $15.47 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.