First Mid Bancshares (FMBH) Competitors

First Mid Bancshares (NASDAQ:FMBH) and Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FMBH or CORZ?

First Mid Bancshares received 130 more outperform votes than Core Scientific when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Core Scientific an outperform vote while only 52.16% of users gave First Mid Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Mid Bancshares	Outperform Votes 193 52.16%	Underperform Votes 177 47.84%
Core Scientific	Outperform Votes 63 75.00%	Underperform Votes 21 25.00%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, FMBH or CORZ?

First Mid Bancshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Core Scientific. Core Scientific is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Mid Bancshares, 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
First Mid Bancshares	$322.32M	2.74	$78.90M	$3.36	10.95
Core Scientific	$410.91M	8.88	-$1.50B	-$5.03	-2.44

Which has more risk and volatility, FMBH or CORZ?

First Mid Bancshares has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Core Scientific has a beta of 6.3, meaning that its stock price is 530% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate FMBH or CORZ?

First Mid Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $43.83, indicating a potential upside of 19.11%. Core Scientific has a consensus price target of $18.44, indicating a potential upside of 50.57%. Given Core Scientific's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Core Scientific is more favorable than First Mid Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Mid Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Core Scientific	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.10

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FMBH or CORZ?

47.6% of First Mid Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.7% of First Mid Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Core Scientific shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FMBH or CORZ more profitable?

First Mid Bancshares has a net margin of 17.39% compared to Core Scientific's net margin of 0.00%. First Mid Bancshares' return on equity of 10.10% beat Core Scientific's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Mid Bancshares	17.39%	10.10%	1.09%
Core Scientific	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to FMBH or CORZ?

In the previous week, Core Scientific had 9 more articles in the media than First Mid Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Core Scientific and 4 mentions for First Mid Bancshares. First Mid Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Core Scientific's score of 0.98 indicating that First Mid Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Mid Bancshares	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Core Scientific	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

First Mid Bancshares beats Core Scientific on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.