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$23.70 -0.02 (-0.08%)
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FXNC vs. DEFT, AMTB, AMAL, MCB, HBT, EQBK, MCBS, NBBK, MPB, and BFST

Should you be buying First National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First National include DeFi Technologies (DEFT), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), HBT Financial (HBT), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), NB Bancorp (NBBK), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), and Business First Bancshares (BFST). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

First National vs. Its Competitors

First National (NASDAQ:FXNC) and DeFi Technologies (NASDAQ:DEFT) are both small-cap banking companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

DeFi Technologies has a net margin of 43.38% compared to First National's net margin of 7.29%. DeFi Technologies' return on equity of 137.53% beat First National's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First National7.29% 10.53% 0.89%
DeFi Technologies 43.38%137.53%9.79%

33.9% of First National shares are held by institutional investors. 14.3% of First National shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

First National currently has a consensus price target of $28.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.25%. DeFi Technologies has a consensus price target of $6.25, indicating a potential upside of 154.07%. Given DeFi Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe DeFi Technologies is more favorable than First National.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First National
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
DeFi Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First National$92.70M2.30$6.97M$1.0023.70
DeFi Technologies$40.30M20.71-$28.49M$0.0927.33

In the previous week, DeFi Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than First National. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for DeFi Technologies and 1 mentions for First National. First National's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat DeFi Technologies' score of 0.32 indicating that First National is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First National
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
DeFi Technologies
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

First National has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DeFi Technologies has a beta of 3.86, suggesting that its share price is 286% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

DeFi Technologies beats First National on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FXNC vs. The Competition

MetricFirst NationalBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$213.22M$1.96B$12.67B$10.51B
Dividend Yield2.61%2.60%5.43%4.57%
P/E Ratio23.7011.88240.7126.61
Price / Sales2.302.6930.9691.51
Price / Cash12.9212.9422.8861.85
Price / Book1.281.242.316.45
Net Income$6.97M$156.23M$1.01B$271.57M
7 Day Performance1.15%0.40%0.42%2.61%
1 Month Performance0.47%0.16%1.67%7.28%
1 Year Performance32.25%17.34%540.37%29.60%

First National Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FXNC
First National
3.6976 of 5 stars
$23.70
-0.1%
$28.50
+20.3%
+31.7%$213.22M$92.70M23.70210News Coverage
Positive News
DEFT
DeFi Technologies
2.7255 of 5 stars
$2.46
-2.4%
$6.25
+154.1%
N/A$855.07M$40.30M27.3320
AMTB
Amerant Bancorp
N/A$20.39
-1.5%
$24.25
+19.0%
-5.6%$851.05M$330.31M-35.76680
AMAL
Amalgamated Financial
3.6084 of 5 stars
$28.00
-0.3%
$33.00
+17.9%
-11.1%$845.76M$434.51M8.38380Positive News
MCB
Metropolitan Bank
2.9526 of 5 stars
$77.76
-1.7%
$82.67
+6.3%
+46.5%$824.33M$492.21M12.60240
HBT
HBT Financial
4.157 of 5 stars
$25.92
-0.3%
$28.80
+11.1%
+12.2%$818.88M$287.27M10.71730
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
1.55 of 5 stars
$41.53
-1.1%
N/AN/A$806.77M$335.67M10.31700News Coverage
MCBS
MetroCity Bankshares
3.5578 of 5 stars
$29.11
+0.3%
$34.00
+16.8%
-5.0%$740.85M$235.98M11.37220News Coverage
Positive News
NBBK
NB Bancorp
3.1549 of 5 stars
$18.44
-0.1%
$20.00
+8.5%
-1.5%$734.80M$304.05M13.86342Positive News
MPB
Mid Penn Bancorp
4.1251 of 5 stars
$30.47
-2.8%
$34.50
+13.2%
+2.2%$720.78M$309.08M12.75620Positive News
High Trading Volume
BFST
Business First Bancshares
4.6781 of 5 stars
$24.08
-0.5%
$30.75
+27.7%
-5.6%$716.69M$458.96M9.59750Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:FXNC) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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