FCCO vs. BFST, NBN, MCB, EQBK, XYF, JFIN, IBCP, SMBC, FSBC, and FUFU
Should you be buying First Community stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Community include Business First Bancshares (BFST), Northeast Bank (NBN), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), X Financial (XYF), Jiayin Group (JFIN), Independent Bank (IBCP), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), Five Star Bancorp (FSBC), and BitFuFu (FUFU). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
First Community vs.
Business First Bancshares (NASDAQ:BFST) and First Community (NASDAQ:FCCO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
47.3% of Business First Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.3% of First Community shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Business First Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of First Community shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Business First Bancshares has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Community has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Business First Bancshares had 3 more articles in the media than First Community. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Business First Bancshares and 0 mentions for First Community. Business First Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat First Community's score of 0.50 indicating that Business First Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Business First Bancshares has a net margin of 14.19% compared to First Community's net margin of 13.49%. Business First Bancshares' return on equity of 11.88% beat First Community's return on equity.
Business First Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than First Community. Business First Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Community, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Business First Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.64%. First Community has a consensus target price of $29.67, indicating a potential upside of 25.12%. Given Business First Bancshares' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Business First Bancshares is more favorable than First Community.
First Community received 45 more outperform votes than Business First Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.41% of users gave Business First Bancshares an outperform vote while only 44.81% of users gave First Community an outperform vote.
Business First Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. First Community pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Business First Bancshares pays out 23.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Community pays out 30.3% 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. Business First Bancshares has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and First Community has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. First Community is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Business First Bancshares beats First Community on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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