PCB Bancorp (PCB) Competitors

First Bancshares (NASDAQ:FBMS) and PCB Bancorp (NASDAQ:PCB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, FBMS or PCB?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Bancshares	$276.99M	3.81	$77.19M	$2.44	13.83
PCB Bancorp	$102.63M	2.75	$25.81M	$1.94	10.11

Which has more volatility & risk, FBMS or PCB?

First Bancshares has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PCB Bancorp has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate FBMS or PCB?

First Bancshares currently has a consensus target price of $38.75, suggesting a potential upside of 14.81%. PCB Bancorp has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.19%. Given First Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Bancshares is more favorable than PCB Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
PCB Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders and institutionals believe in FBMS or PCB?

69.9% of First Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of PCB Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of First Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.0% of PCB Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FBMS or PCB?

First Bancshares received 221 more outperform votes than PCB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.89% of users gave First Bancshares an outperform vote while only 41.38% of users gave PCB Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Bancshares	Outperform Votes 233 51.89%	Underperform Votes 216 48.11%
PCB Bancorp	Outperform Votes 12 41.38%	Underperform Votes 17 58.62%

Is FBMS or PCB more profitable?

First Bancshares has a net margin of 18.40% compared to PCB Bancorp's net margin of 13.45%. PCB Bancorp's return on equity of 9.02% beat First Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Bancshares	18.40%	8.29%	1.02%
PCB Bancorp	13.45%	9.02%	0.90%

Does the media prefer FBMS or PCB?

In the previous week, PCB Bancorp had 7 more articles in the media than First Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for PCB Bancorp and 3 mentions for First Bancshares. PCB Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat First Bancshares' score of 0.73 indicating that PCB Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Bancshares	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PCB Bancorp	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FBMS or PCB a better dividend stock?

First Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. PCB Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. First Bancshares pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PCB Bancorp pays out 41.2% 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.

Summary

First Bancshares beats PCB Bancorp on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.