Fidelity D & D Bancorp (FDBC) Competitors

Fidelity D & D Bancorp (NASDAQ:FDBC) and First Mid Bancshares (NASDAQ:FMBH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in FDBC or FMBH?

20.0% of Fidelity D & D Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of First Mid Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 21.0% of Fidelity D & D Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of First Mid Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend FDBC or FMBH?

First Mid Bancshares has a consensus target price of $43.83, indicating a potential upside of 24.63%. Given First Mid Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Mid Bancshares is more favorable than Fidelity D & D Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelity D & D Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
First Mid Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is FDBC or FMBH a better dividend stock?

Fidelity D & D Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. First Mid Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Fidelity D & D Bancorp pays out 42.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Mid Bancshares pays out 28.6% 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. Fidelity D & D Bancorp has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and First Mid Bancshares has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Fidelity D & D Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FDBC or FMBH?

First Mid Bancshares received 37 more outperform votes than Fidelity D & D Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.12% of users gave Fidelity D & D Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.16% of users gave First Mid Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity D & D Bancorp	Outperform Votes 156 68.12%	Underperform Votes 73 31.88%
First Mid Bancshares	Outperform Votes 193 52.16%	Underperform Votes 177 47.84%

Which has more volatility & risk, FDBC or FMBH?

Fidelity D & D Bancorp has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Mid Bancshares has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FDBC or FMBH?

First Mid Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity D & D Bancorp. First Mid Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity D & D Bancorp, 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
Fidelity D & D Bancorp	$81.55M	2.85	$20.79M	$3.76	10.71
First Mid Bancshares	$322.32M	2.62	$78.90M	$3.36	10.47

Does the media refer more to FDBC or FMBH?

In the previous week, First Mid Bancshares had 2 more articles in the media than Fidelity D & D Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for First Mid Bancshares and 0 mentions for Fidelity D & D Bancorp. First Mid Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Fidelity D & D Bancorp's score of 0.64 indicating that First Mid Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity D & D Bancorp	Positive
First Mid Bancshares	Positive

Is FDBC or FMBH more profitable?

First Mid Bancshares has a net margin of 17.39% compared to Fidelity D & D Bancorp's net margin of 16.50%. Fidelity D & D Bancorp's return on equity of 10.49% beat First Mid Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity D & D Bancorp	16.50%	10.49%	0.82%
First Mid Bancshares	17.39%	10.10%	1.09%

Summary

First Mid Bancshares beats Fidelity D & D Bancorp on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.