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Primis Financial (FRST) Competitors

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$9.30 +0.02 (+0.22%)
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FRST vs. CNOB, FMBH, BHRB, CNCK, GHLD, CFB, ESQ, HBT, OSBC, and ATLC

Should you be buying Primis Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Primis Financial include ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Burke & Herbert Financial Services (BHRB), Coincheck Group (CNCK), Guild (GHLD), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), Esquire Financial (ESQ), HBT Financial (HBT), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), and Atlanticus (ATLC). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Primis Financial vs.

ConnectOne Bancorp (NASDAQ:CNOB) and Primis Financial (NASDAQ:FRST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

ConnectOne Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Primis Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. ConnectOne Bancorp pays out 38.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Primis Financial pays out -137.9% 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. ConnectOne Bancorp has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Primis Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, ConnectOne Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Primis Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for ConnectOne Bancorp and 2 mentions for Primis Financial. ConnectOne Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Primis Financial's score of 0.68 indicating that ConnectOne Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ConnectOne Bancorp
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Primis Financial
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

ConnectOne Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Primis Financial. Primis Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ConnectOne Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ConnectOne Bancorp$270.12M3.22$73.79M$1.8512.24
Primis Financial$170.49M1.35-$7.54M-$0.29-32.07

ConnectOne Bancorp has a net margin of 13.80% compared to Primis Financial's net margin of -2.97%. ConnectOne Bancorp's return on equity of 6.77% beat Primis Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ConnectOne Bancorp13.80% 6.77% 0.78%
Primis Financial -2.97%-2.05%-0.20%

67.7% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of Primis Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Primis Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

ConnectOne Bancorp has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primis Financial has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

ConnectOne Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $28.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.88%. Primis Financial has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential downside of 19.35%. Given ConnectOne Bancorp's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe ConnectOne Bancorp is more favorable than Primis Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ConnectOne Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Primis Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

ConnectOne Bancorp received 256 more outperform votes than Primis Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.28% of users gave ConnectOne Bancorp an outperform vote while only 42.11% of users gave Primis Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ConnectOne BancorpOutperform Votes
264
58.28%
Underperform Votes
189
41.72%
Primis FinancialOutperform Votes
8
42.11%
Underperform Votes
11
57.89%

Summary

ConnectOne Bancorp beats Primis Financial on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FRST vs. The Competition

MetricPrimis FinancialState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$229.92M$3.24B$11.47B$8.39B
Dividend Yield4.22%3.70%5.45%4.11%
P/E Ratio-31.0023.7222.4219.71
Price / Sales1.353.0627.63120.67
Price / Cash6.2810.6317.6234.62
Price / Book0.581.192.774.50
Net Income-$7.54M$372.21M$1.03B$248.22M
7 Day Performance-1.17%-2.60%-1.34%-0.78%
1 Month Performance9.80%3.15%5.24%11.53%
1 Year Performance-11.76%17.69%538.04%8.99%

Primis Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FRST
Primis Financial
4.4016 of 5 stars
$9.30
+0.2%
$7.50
-19.4%
-14.0%$229.92M$170.49M-31.00420Analyst Upgrade
CNOB
ConnectOne Bancorp
4.7719 of 5 stars
$23.91
-0.4%
$28.50
+19.2%
+8.9%$919.82M$270.12M13.51520Positive News
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
2.4479 of 5 stars
$36.87
-0.3%
$43.83
+18.9%
+7.7%$884.47M$322.32M11.211,070Positive News
BHRB
Burke & Herbert Financial Services
3.5312 of 5 stars
$57.54
-0.2%
$73.00
+26.9%
+12.6%$863.39M$312.60M23.98850Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
CNCK
Coincheck Group
1.9878 of 5 stars
$6.23
-5.7%
$10.00
+60.5%
N/A$808.03M$383.33B0.00N/APositive News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
GHLD
Guild
3.7135 of 5 stars
$13.11
+2.3%
$16.50
+25.9%
-9.8%$792.99M$1.04B-8.465,100Analyst Upgrade
CFB
CrossFirst Bankshares
N/A$15.99
flat
$19.33
+20.9%
N/A$788.55M$261.78M10.25460
ESQ
Esquire Financial
1.8923 of 5 stars
$91.63
+0.9%
$92.50
+0.9%
+86.7%$775.37M$129.33M17.76110Positive News
HBT
HBT Financial
2.735 of 5 stars
$24.44
+0.6%
$25.80
+5.6%
+21.7%$769.74M$228.13M10.81730Positive News
OSBC
Old Second Bancorp
3.3675 of 5 stars
$17.08
-0.1%
$20.10
+17.7%
+12.5%$769.56M$282.62M9.13890Positive News
ATLC
Atlanticus
4.0681 of 5 stars
$50.42
-3.9%
$62.60
+24.2%
+94.4%$762.65M$316.89M11.33330

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This page (NASDAQ:FRST) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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