First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBIP) Competitors

First Guaranty Bancshares (NASDAQ:FGBIP) and Atlanticus (NASDAQ:ATLCP) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Is FGBIP or ATLCP a better dividend stock?

First Guaranty Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Atlanticus pays an annual dividend of $1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FGBIP or ATLCP?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Guaranty Bancshares	$111.93M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Atlanticus	$316.89M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is FGBIP or ATLCP more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Guaranty Bancshares	N/A	N/A	N/A
Atlanticus	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to FGBIP or ATLCP?

In the previous week, Atlanticus had 1 more articles in the media than First Guaranty Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Atlanticus and 1 mentions for First Guaranty Bancshares. First Guaranty Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Atlanticus' score of 1.44 indicating that First Guaranty Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Guaranty Bancshares	Very Positive
Atlanticus	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FGBIP or ATLCP?

First Guaranty Bancshares and Atlanticus both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Guaranty Bancshares	N/A	N/A
Atlanticus	N/A	N/A

Summary

First Guaranty Bancshares and Atlanticus tied by winning 2 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks.