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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Five Star Bancorp beats First Busey on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FSBC) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff