First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBI) Competitors

AMTD Digital (NYSE:HKD) and First Guaranty Bancshares (NASDAQ:FGBI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Is HKD or FGBI more profitable?

First Guaranty Bancshares has a net margin of 5.04% compared to AMTD Digital's net margin of 0.00%. First Guaranty Bancshares' return on equity of 5.62% beat AMTD Digital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AMTD Digital	N/A	N/A	N/A
First Guaranty Bancshares	5.04%	5.62%	0.34%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HKD or FGBI?

5.8% of AMTD Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of First Guaranty Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.4% of First Guaranty Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor HKD or FGBI?

In the previous week, AMTD Digital and AMTD Digital both had 2 articles in the media. First Guaranty Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat AMTD Digital's score of 0.89 indicating that First Guaranty Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AMTD Digital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Guaranty Bancshares	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HKD or FGBI?

AMTD Digital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Guaranty Bancshares.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AMTD Digital	$23.45M	22.13	$41.74M	N/A	N/A
First Guaranty Bancshares	$111.51M	1.10	$12.45M	$0.81	12.07

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HKD or FGBI?

First Guaranty Bancshares received 159 more outperform votes than AMTD Digital when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AMTD Digital	N/A	N/A
First Guaranty Bancshares	Outperform Votes 159 65.43%	Underperform Votes 84 34.57%

Which has more volatility and risk, HKD or FGBI?

AMTD Digital has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Guaranty Bancshares has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

First Guaranty Bancshares beats AMTD Digital on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.