First Bank (FRBA) Competitors

First Bank (NASDAQ:FRBA) and Amalgamated Financial (NASDAQ:AMAL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the media refer more to FRBA or AMAL?

In the previous week, Amalgamated Financial had 2 more articles in the media than First Bank. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Amalgamated Financial and 3 mentions for First Bank. Amalgamated Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat First Bank's score of 1.26 indicating that Amalgamated Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Bank	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Amalgamated Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is FRBA or AMAL more profitable?

Amalgamated Financial has a net margin of 24.19% compared to First Bank's net margin of 18.19%. Amalgamated Financial's return on equity of 16.00% beat First Bank's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Bank	18.19%	11.80%	1.25%
Amalgamated Financial	24.19%	16.00%	1.24%

Do analysts rate FRBA or AMAL?

First Bank presently has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.07%. Amalgamated Financial has a consensus target price of $39.83, indicating a potential upside of 22.72%. Given First Bank's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe First Bank is more favorable than Amalgamated Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Amalgamated Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is FRBA or AMAL a better dividend stock?

First Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Amalgamated Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. First Bank pays out 15.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amalgamated Financial pays out 14.1% 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FRBA or AMAL?

Amalgamated Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Bank. First Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amalgamated Financial, 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 Bank	$124.08M	2.06	$20.90M	$1.59	8.22
Amalgamated Financial	$311.12M	3.20	$87.98M	$3.40	9.55

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

64.9% of First Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 13.1% of First Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FRBA or AMAL?

First Bank received 157 more outperform votes than Amalgamated Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.45% of users gave First Bank an outperform vote while only 56.71% of users gave Amalgamated Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Bank	Outperform Votes 250 63.45%	Underperform Votes 144 36.55%
Amalgamated Financial	Outperform Votes 93 56.71%	Underperform Votes 71 43.29%

Which has more volatility & risk, FRBA or AMAL?

First Bank has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amalgamated Financial has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Amalgamated Financial beats First Bank on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.