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First Mid Bancshares (FMBH) Competitors

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FMBH vs. UCB, AVAL, EBC, BUR, RIOT, FHB, INTR, CORZ, AUB, and PRK

Should you be buying First Mid Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Mid Bancshares include United Community Banks (UCB), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), Burford Capital (BUR), Riot Platforms (RIOT), First Hawaiian (FHB), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), Core Scientific (CORZ), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), and Park National (PRK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

First Mid Bancshares vs.

First Mid Bancshares (NASDAQ:FMBH) and United Community Banks (NASDAQ:UCB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

First Mid Bancshares received 189 more outperform votes than United Community Banks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.16% of users gave First Mid Bancshares an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave United Community Banks an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
First Mid BancsharesOutperform Votes
193
52.16%
Underperform Votes
177
47.84%
United Community BanksOutperform Votes
4
40.00%
Underperform Votes
6
60.00%

First Mid Bancshares has a net margin of 17.39% compared to United Community Banks' net margin of 16.48%. First Mid Bancshares' return on equity of 10.10% beat United Community Banks' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Mid Bancshares17.39% 10.10% 1.09%
United Community Banks 16.48%8.64%1.04%

First Mid Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. United Community Banks pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. First Mid Bancshares pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Community Banks pays out 45.5% 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 Mid Bancshares has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

First Mid Bancshares currently has a consensus target price of $43.83, indicating a potential upside of 23.54%. United Community Banks has a consensus target price of $33.14, indicating a potential upside of 16.15%. Given First Mid Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Mid Bancshares is more favorable than United Community Banks.

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
United Community Banks
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

In the previous week, United Community Banks had 10 more articles in the media than First Mid Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for United Community Banks and 2 mentions for First Mid Bancshares. United Community Banks' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat First Mid Bancshares' score of 1.05 indicating that United Community Banks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Mid Bancshares
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
United Community Banks
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

United Community Banks has higher revenue and earnings than First Mid Bancshares. First Mid Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Community Banks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Mid Bancshares$322.32M2.64$78.90M$3.3610.56
United Community Banks$938.98M3.63$252.40M$2.1113.52

47.6% of First Mid Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.3% of United Community Banks shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.7% of First Mid Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of United Community Banks shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

First Mid Bancshares has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Community Banks has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

First Mid Bancshares beats United Community Banks on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FMBH vs. The Competition

MetricFirst Mid BancsharesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$851.13M$3.25B$11.48B$8.43B
Dividend Yield2.60%3.70%5.45%4.11%
P/E Ratio10.7823.8622.4519.75
Price / Sales2.643.0727.52118.67
Price / Cash10.0110.6317.6234.62
Price / Book1.071.192.774.50
Net Income$78.90M$372.21M$1.04B$248.32M
7 Day Performance-4.96%-2.65%-0.29%0.48%
1 Month Performance6.58%4.75%6.03%13.08%
1 Year Performance8.67%15.97%536.56%7.36%

First Mid Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
2.4762 of 5 stars
$35.24
-1.7%
$43.83
+24.4%
+9.0%$849.09M$322.32M10.761,070Positive News
UCB
United Community Banks
3.5215 of 5 stars
$29.78
+4.4%
$33.14
+11.3%
N/A$3.56B$938.98M14.603,070News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
AVAL
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores
3.2113 of 5 stars
$2.85
+0.7%
N/A+8.3%$3.38B$16.06T16.7770,200
EBC
Eastern Bankshares
4.9039 of 5 stars
$15.66
+3.0%
$19.25
+22.9%
+5.4%$3.34B$526.70M23.372,150Positive News
BUR
Burford Capital
3.6755 of 5 stars
$14.28
+3.5%
$19.50
+36.6%
-7.4%$3.13B$341.23M12.31140Gap Up
RIOT
Riot Platforms
3.6443 of 5 stars
$8.70
+2.6%
$16.59
+90.7%
-16.7%$3.11B$458.75M20.23340Gap Up
FHB
First Hawaiian
2.9188 of 5 stars
$24.64
+4.3%
$27.29
+10.7%
+8.7%$3.10B$780.50M13.772,000Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Gap Up
INTR
Inter & Co, Inc.
3.0163 of 5 stars
$6.73
-5.3%
$6.78
+0.7%
+3.3%$2.96B$6.40B17.263,235Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CORZ
Core Scientific
2.856 of 5 stars
$9.88
+6.0%
$19.07
+93.0%
+166.8%$2.91B$510.67M-1.83200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
AUB
Atlantic Union Bankshares
4.6121 of 5 stars
$31.23
+6.6%
$39.40
+26.2%
-13.2%$2.82B$857.44M13.641,880News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PRK
Park National
1.2867 of 5 stars
$167.60
+2.9%
$177.75
+6.1%
+16.2%$2.71B$528.91M18.001,790Trending News
Analyst Downgrade

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This page (NASDAQ:FMBH) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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