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FCCO vs. BFST, CNCK, XYF, NBBK, MCBS, IBCP, FUFU, EQBK, SPFI, and ORRF

Should you be buying First Community stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Community include Business First Bancshares (BFST), Coincheck Group (CNCK), X Financial (XYF), NB Bancorp (NBBK), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), Independent Bank (IBCP), BitFuFu (FUFU), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), South Plains Financial (SPFI), and Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

First Community vs. Its Competitors

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

61.3% of First Community shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.4% of Business First Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of First Community shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Business First Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Community$103.43M1.87$13.95M$1.9812.74
Business First Bancshares$458.96M1.66$65.11M$2.4310.56

In the previous week, First Community had 3 more articles in the media than Business First Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for First Community and 3 mentions for Business First Bancshares. Business First Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat First Community's score of 1.11 indicating that Business First Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

First Community has a net margin of 15.87% compared to Business First Bancshares' net margin of 15.00%. First Community's return on equity of 11.84% beat Business First Bancshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Community15.87% 11.84% 0.87%
Business First Bancshares 15.00%11.49%1.06%

First Community currently has a consensus target price of $29.67, indicating a potential upside of 17.58%. Business First Bancshares has a consensus target price of $30.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.86%. Given Business First Bancshares' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Business First Bancshares is more favorable than First Community.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Community
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33
Business First Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

First Community pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Business First Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. First Community pays out 30.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Business First Bancshares pays out 23.0% 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 raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Business First Bancshares has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. First Community is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

First Community has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Business First Bancshares has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

First Community beats Business First Bancshares on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FCCO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FCCO vs. The Competition

MetricFirst CommunityBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$197.72M$2.03B$12.32B$9.47B
Dividend Yield2.33%2.58%5.53%3.99%
P/E Ratio11.3112.2819.0619.95
Price / Sales1.872.5626.25100.89
Price / Cash16.3112.7421.8458.97
Price / Book1.331.212.275.90
Net Income$13.95M$154.64M$998.01M$258.42M
7 Day Performance-0.71%-0.05%0.88%2.11%
1 Month Performance7.27%6.52%4.39%12.44%
1 Year Performance8.80%13.90%540.85%19.55%

First Community Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCCO
First Community
4.1184 of 5 stars
$25.23
-2.0%
$29.67
+17.6%
+14.0%$197.72M$103.43M11.31250News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
BFST
Business First Bancshares
3.9327 of 5 stars
$26.21
-0.3%
$30.50
+16.4%
+4.0%$780.68M$458.96M10.79750Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CNCK
Coincheck Group
N/A$5.76
-2.0%
$10.00
+73.6%
N/A$762.64M$2.56B0.00N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
XYF
X Financial
3.0843 of 5 stars
$18.52
+1.6%
N/A+260.6%$761.65M$804.43M3.86420News Coverage
Positive News
NBBK
NB Bancorp
2.2239 of 5 stars
$18.54
+0.9%
$22.00
+18.7%
+5.7%$745.68M$304.05M15.71342News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
MCBS
MetroCity Bankshares
3.6405 of 5 stars
$30.53
+4.2%
$34.00
+11.4%
-2.8%$744.26M$235.98M11.93220Positive News
Earnings Report
IBCP
Independent Bank
3.9597 of 5 stars
$34.17
+0.1%
$36.67
+7.3%
-1.2%$707.21M$323.14M10.88920News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Gap Down
FUFU
BitFuFu
3.0196 of 5 stars
$4.17
-2.8%
$6.60
+58.4%
-22.0%$704.22M$463.33M208.6029
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
4.5603 of 5 stars
$39.74
-0.2%
$47.80
+20.3%
-2.9%$697.62M$228.94M9.98700
SPFI
South Plains Financial
4.3467 of 5 stars
$41.68
+1.7%
$42.50
+2.0%
+21.3%$665.34M$288.97M13.03680
ORRF
Orrstown Financial Services
4.6061 of 5 stars
$33.53
-0.1%
$38.50
+14.8%
+4.4%$654.90M$286.37M8.81430Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:FCCO) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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