FSBC vs. FFWM, SMMF, CCNE, FFIC, MPB, RBB, RRBI, MOFG, BWB, and SPFI
Should you be buying Five Star Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Five Star Bancorp include First Foundation (FFWM), Summit Financial Group (SMMF), CNB Financial (CCNE), Flushing Financial (FFIC), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), RBB Bancorp (RBB), Red River Bancshares (RRBI), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), Bridgewater Bancshares (BWB), and South Plains Financial (SPFI). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
First Foundation (NASDAQ:FFWM) and Five Star Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
First Foundation pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Five Star Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. First Foundation pays out -1.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Five Star Bancorp pays out 28.8% 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. Five Star Bancorp has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Five Star Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Five Star Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Foundation. First Foundation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Five Star Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, First Foundation had 9 more articles in the media than Five Star Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for First Foundation and 4 mentions for Five Star Bancorp. Five Star Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat First Foundation's score of 0.10 indicating that First Foundation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Foundation received 206 more outperform votes than Five Star Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.71% of users gave Five Star Bancorp an outperform vote while only 60.49% of users gave First Foundation an outperform vote.
Five Star Bancorp has a net margin of 26.24% compared to Five Star Bancorp's net margin of -31.95%. First Foundation's return on equity of 17.52% beat Five Star Bancorp's return on equity.
First Foundation has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Five Star Bancorp has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Foundation currently has a consensus price target of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 65.47%. Five Star Bancorp has a consensus price target of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.89%. Given Five Star Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe First Foundation is more favorable than Five Star Bancorp.
73.1% of First Foundation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.9% of Five Star Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.2% of First Foundation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.6% of Five Star Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Five Star Bancorp beats First Foundation on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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