First Community (FCCO) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate SUPV or FCCO?

Grupo Supervielle presently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 112.37%. First Community has a consensus price target of $29.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.37%. Given Grupo Supervielle's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Grupo Supervielle is more favorable than First Community.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grupo Supervielle	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
First Community	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SUPV or FCCO?

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SUPV or FCCO?

Grupo Supervielle has higher revenue and earnings than First Community. Grupo Supervielle 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
Grupo Supervielle	$2.05B	0.35	$114.94M	$0.66	12.13
First Community	$103.43M	2.05	$13.95M	$2.23	12.39

Is SUPV or FCCO more profitable?

First Community has a net margin of 15.87% compared to Grupo Supervielle's net margin of 4.08%. First Community's return on equity of 11.65% beat Grupo Supervielle's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grupo Supervielle	4.08%	6.82%	1.16%
First Community	15.87%	11.65%	0.87%

Does the media refer more to SUPV or FCCO?

In the previous week, Grupo Supervielle had 8 more articles in the media than First Community. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Grupo Supervielle and 1 mentions for First Community. First Community's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Grupo Supervielle's score of 0.84 indicating that First Community is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Grupo Supervielle	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Community	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is SUPV or FCCO a better dividend stock?

Grupo Supervielle pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. First Community pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Grupo Supervielle pays out 28.8% 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. First Community has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Which has more risk & volatility, SUPV or FCCO?

Grupo Supervielle has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Community has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

First Community beats Grupo Supervielle on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.