FMBH vs. CTBI, CNOB, PFC, LBAI, EGBN, OSBC, GSBC, CFB, SBSI, and FCBC
Should you be buying First Mid Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Mid Bancshares include Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Premier Financial (PFC), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), and First Community Bankshares (FCBC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Community Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:CTBI) and First Mid Bancshares (NASDAQ:FMBH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk and community ranking.
Community Trust Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $48.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.23%. First Mid Bancshares has a consensus target price of $36.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.32%. Given Community Trust Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Mid Bancshares is more favorable than Community Trust Bancorp.
Community Trust Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Mid Bancshares. First Mid Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Community Trust Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
60.2% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of First Mid Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of First Mid Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Community Trust Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than First Mid Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Community Trust Bancorp and 7 mentions for First Mid Bancshares. First Mid Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Community Trust Bancorp's score of -0.33 indicating that Community Trust Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Community Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Mid Bancshares has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Community Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. First Mid Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Community Trust Bancorp pays out 42.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Mid Bancshares pays out 29.0% 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. Community Trust Bancorp has increased its dividend for 43 consecutive years. Community Trust Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Community Trust Bancorp has a net margin of 22.64% compared to Community Trust Bancorp's net margin of 17.82%. First Mid Bancshares' return on equity of 11.52% beat Community Trust Bancorp's return on equity.
Community Trust Bancorp received 38 more outperform votes than First Mid Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.34% of users gave Community Trust Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.10% of users gave First Mid Bancshares an outperform vote.
Summary
Community Trust Bancorp beats First Mid Bancshares on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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