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 twelve months. 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 research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for First Community's shares. Their FCCO share price forecasts range from $20.00 to $20.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $20.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.8% from the stock's current price.
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First Community's stock was trading at $20.8750 at the beginning of the year. Since then, FCCO stock has decreased by 16.6% and is now trading at $17.42.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 19th 2022.
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First Community Co. (NASDAQ:FCCO) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 20th. The bank reported $0.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.44 by $0.03. The bank earned $14.06 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $14.36 million. First Community had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.69% and a net margin of 25.09%.

First Community declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.13 per share on Tuesday, August 16th. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.99%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 1st.
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First Community (NASDAQ:FCCO) pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.99%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 25.74%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FCCO will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.13% 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."

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One share of FCCO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.42.

First Community (NASDAQ:FCCO) has a market capitalization of $131.82 million and generates $61.42 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $15.47 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.02 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.