First Community (FCCO) Competitors

Amalgamated Financial (NASDAQ:AMAL) and First Community (NASDAQ:FCCO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in AMAL or FCCO?

75.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.3% of First Community shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of First Community shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor AMAL or FCCO?

In the previous week, Amalgamated Financial had 1 more articles in the media than First Community. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Amalgamated Financial and 3 mentions for First Community. Amalgamated Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat First Community's score of 0.93 indicating that Amalgamated Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amalgamated Financial	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Community	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, AMAL or FCCO?

Amalgamated Financial has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Community has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer AMAL or FCCO?

Amalgamated Financial presently has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.06%. First Community has a consensus price target of $29.67, suggesting a potential upside of 5.05%. Given Amalgamated Financial's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Amalgamated Financial is more favorable than First Community.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amalgamated Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
First Community	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Is AMAL or FCCO more profitable?

Amalgamated Financial has a net margin of 23.60% compared to First Community's net margin of 15.87%. Amalgamated Financial's return on equity of 15.21% beat First Community's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amalgamated Financial	23.60%	15.21%	1.31%
First Community	15.87%	11.65%	0.87%

Is AMAL or FCCO a better dividend stock?

Amalgamated Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. First Community pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Amalgamated Financial pays out 16.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Community pays out 28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Amalgamated Financial has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and First Community has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AMAL or FCCO?

Amalgamated Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Community. Amalgamated Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Community, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amalgamated Financial	$434.51M	1.89	$106.43M	$3.34	8.16
First Community	$103.43M	2.10	$13.95M	$2.23	12.66

Summary

Amalgamated Financial beats First Community on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.