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First US Bancshares (FUSB) Competitors

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$12.95 -0.05 (-0.35%)
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FUSB vs. CBAN, BWFG, CZFS, LNKB, COFS, GHI, PLBC, JMSB, OPRT, and SNFCA

Should you be buying First US Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First US Bancshares include Colony Bankcorp (CBAN), Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG), Citizens Financial Services (CZFS), LINKBANCORP (LNKB), ChoiceOne Financial Services (COFS), Greystone Housing Impact Investors (GHI), Plumas Bancorp (PLBC), John Marshall Bancorp (JMSB), Oportun Financial (OPRT), and Security National Financial (SNFCA). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

First US Bancshares vs.

Colony Bankcorp (NASDAQ:CBAN) and First US Bancshares (NASDAQ:FUSB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

In the previous week, First US Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than Colony Bankcorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for First US Bancshares and 1 mentions for Colony Bankcorp. First US Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Colony Bankcorp's score of 0.00 indicating that First US Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Colony Bankcorp
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
First US Bancshares
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

50.4% of Colony Bankcorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.7% of First US Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of Colony Bankcorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of First US Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Colony Bankcorp has a net margin of 13.51% compared to First US Bancshares' net margin of 13.21%. Colony Bankcorp's return on equity of 9.64% beat First US Bancshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Colony Bankcorp13.51% 9.64% 0.85%
First US Bancshares 13.21%8.61%0.75%

Colony Bankcorp received 30 more outperform votes than First US Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.61% of users gave Colony Bankcorp an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave First US Bancshares an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Colony BankcorpOutperform Votes
106
57.61%
Underperform Votes
78
42.39%
First US BancsharesOutperform Votes
76
57.14%
Underperform Votes
57
42.86%

Colony Bankcorp pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. First US Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Colony Bankcorp pays out 32.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First US Bancshares pays out 21.9% 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. First US Bancshares has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Colony Bankcorp has higher revenue and earnings than First US Bancshares. First US Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colony Bankcorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Colony Bankcorp$117.31M2.27$23.87M$1.4310.66
First US Bancshares$39.60M1.88$8.17M$1.2810.12

Colony Bankcorp has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First US Bancshares has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Colony Bankcorp beats First US Bancshares on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FUSB vs. The Competition

MetricFirst US BancsharesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$74.51M$3.24B$11.47B$8.39B
Dividend Yield2.12%3.70%5.45%4.11%
P/E Ratio9.7423.7222.4219.71
Price / Sales1.883.0627.62120.55
Price / Cash7.5510.6317.6234.62
Price / Book0.841.192.774.50
Net Income$8.17M$372.21M$1.03B$248.22M
7 Day Performance-1.71%-2.97%-0.23%0.56%
1 Month Performance3.30%4.41%6.11%13.17%
1 Year Performance30.45%15.59%536.61%7.30%

First US Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FUSB
First US Bancshares
3.1092 of 5 stars
$12.95
-0.4%
N/A+26.4%$74.51M$39.60M9.74180News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
CBAN
Colony Bankcorp
3.1626 of 5 stars
$16.20
+3.9%
N/A+29.8%$283.12M$117.31M12.00520Positive News
Gap Up
BWFG
Bankwell Financial Group
2.2134 of 5 stars
$35.00
+2.4%
$42.00
+20.0%
+41.7%$276.12M$88.51M29.66140Positive News
CZFS
Citizens Financial Services
2.9059 of 5 stars
$57.94
+3.4%
N/A+43.2%$275.79M$102.36M9.87310Positive News
LNKB
LINKBANCORP
4.7333 of 5 stars
$7.25
+3.7%
$8.33
+14.9%
+3.6%$270.98M$110.14M10.36110Positive News
COFS
ChoiceOne Financial Services
3.4349 of 5 stars
$30.08
+3.7%
$37.00
+23.0%
+7.6%$269.79M$103.15M9.23380News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
GHI
Greystone Housing Impact Investors
3.8324 of 5 stars
$11.58
-0.1%
$15.88
+37.1%
-25.2%$268.20M$40.00M15.03N/APositive News
PLBC
Plumas Bancorp
4.5474 of 5 stars
$45.40
+3.3%
$57.67
+27.0%
+23.2%$260.47M$84.27M9.48190News Coverage
JMSB
John Marshall Bancorp
N/A$17.75
+3.7%
N/A+0.3%$253.86M$55.36M14.79140
OPRT
Oportun Financial
3.6328 of 5 stars
$6.75
+0.6%
$7.50
+11.1%
+86.5%$253.12M$295.20M-3.362,730Positive News
High Trading Volume
SNFCA
Security National Financial
1.7093 of 5 stars
$10.26
+0.1%
N/A+16.9%$253.06M$335.45M8.351,730Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:FUSB) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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