First Bank (FRBA) Competitors

First Bank (NASDAQ:FRBA) and Atlanticus (NASDAQ:ATLCP) are both banking companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Do analysts prefer FRBA or ATLCP?

First Bank currently has a consensus price target of $17.25, suggesting a potential upside of 11.94%. Given First Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe First Bank is more favorable than Atlanticus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Atlanticus	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is FRBA or ATLCP a better dividend stock?

First Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Atlanticus pays an annual dividend of $1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. First Bank pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer FRBA or ATLCP?

In the previous week, First Bank had 2 more articles in the media than Atlanticus. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for First Bank and 1 mentions for Atlanticus. First Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Atlanticus' score of 0.68 indicating that First Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Bank	Positive
Atlanticus	Positive

Is FRBA or ATLCP more profitable?

First Bank has a net margin of 16.88% compared to Atlanticus' net margin of 0.00%. First Bank's return on equity of 9.99% beat Atlanticus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Bank	16.88%	9.99%	1.08%
Atlanticus	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FRBA or ATLCP?

64.9% of First Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 13.1% of First Bank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FRBA or ATLCP?

First Bank has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Atlanticus.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Bank	$229.43M	N/A	$42.24M	$1.54	10.01
Atlanticus	$316.89M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

First Bank beats Atlanticus on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.