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Five Star Bancorp (FSBC) Competitors

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$33.03 -0.29 (-0.87%)
Closing price 09/24/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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FSBC vs. BUSE, CATY, FRME, HBNC, IBCP, MCBS, MOFG, OBK, STEL, and TOWN

Should you be buying Five Star Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Five Star Bancorp include First Busey (BUSE), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Merchants (FRME), Horizon Bancorp (IN) (HBNC), Independent Bank (IBCP), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Stellarone (STEL), and Towne Bank (TOWN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Five Star Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

Five Star Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSBC) and First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Five Star Bancorp$139.23M5.07$45.67M$2.4513.48
First Busey$663.36M3.24$113.69M$1.1221.54

46.9% of Five Star Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. 21.7% of Five Star Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of First Busey shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Five Star Bancorp has a net margin of 22.14% compared to First Busey's net margin of 9.48%. Five Star Bancorp's return on equity of 12.89% beat First Busey's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Five Star Bancorp22.14% 12.89% 1.25%
First Busey 9.48%8.76%1.04%

Five Star Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Five Star Bancorp pays out 32.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey pays out 89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Busey has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. First Busey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Five Star Bancorp has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Busey has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Five Star Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.96%. First Busey has a consensus target price of $27.33, indicating a potential upside of 13.32%. Given First Busey's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Busey is more favorable than Five Star Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Five Star Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, First Busey had 6 more articles in the media than Five Star Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for First Busey and 2 mentions for Five Star Bancorp. Five Star Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat First Busey's score of 0.71 indicating that Five Star Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Five Star Bancorp
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
First Busey
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Five Star Bancorp beats First Busey on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FSBC vs. The Competition

MetricFive Star BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$711.98M$2.01B$12.77B$10.41B
Dividend Yield2.42%3.35%5.44%4.62%
P/E Ratio13.4817.54239.5226.42
Price / Sales5.072.8631.70179.21
Price / Cash14.3911.9722.7761.52
Price / Book1.781.342.306.39
Net Income$45.67M$198.60M$1.01B$271.13M
7 Day Performance-2.13%-1.95%-0.42%0.93%
1 Month Performance2.20%0.73%1.91%7.52%
1 Year Performance13.82%14.18%540.58%30.06%

Five Star Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FSBC
Five Star Bancorp
4.0085 of 5 stars
$33.03
-0.9%
$35.00
+6.0%
+13.0%$711.98M$139.23M13.48180Positive News
BUSE
First Busey
4.9738 of 5 stars
$24.44
-0.7%
$27.33
+11.8%
-8.0%$2.19B$663.36M21.821,548Positive News
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.7873 of 5 stars
$48.72
-0.8%
$49.71
+2.0%
+14.0%$3.39B$1.39B11.771,266
FRME
First Merchants
4.8602 of 5 stars
$39.65
-0.9%
$48.25
+21.7%
+6.9%$2.31B$1.07B10.272,120
HBNC
Horizon Bancorp (IN)
4.9811 of 5 stars
$16.25
flat
$19.25
+18.5%
+4.2%$716.59M$359.45M13.89910Positive News
IBCP
Independent Bank
3.6992 of 5 stars
$31.59
-0.5%
$36.00
+14.0%
-4.4%$657.32M$323.14M10.29920
MCBS
MetroCity Bankshares
3.5437 of 5 stars
$29.06
+0.2%
$34.00
+17.0%
-3.9%$740.85M$235.98M11.35220Positive News
MOFG
MidWestOne Financial Group
3.3054 of 5 stars
$29.00
-0.7%
$34.17
+17.8%
+1.3%$604.42M$206.03M-7.14730
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.3197 of 5 stars
$35.23
-0.5%
$43.20
+22.6%
+10.3%$1.10B$347.73M14.321,010Positive News
STEL
Stellarone
2.9477 of 5 stars
$30.96
+11.6%
$31.00
+0.1%
+15.1%$1.55B$625.45M14.071,025Gap Up
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.1367 of 5 stars
$35.54
-1.0%
$40.67
+14.4%
+7.3%$2.69B$749.92M15.452,720

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This page (NASDAQ:FSBC) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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