Equity Bancshares (EQBK) Competitors

FB Financial (NYSE:FBK) and Equity Bancshares (NYSE:EQBK) are both banking companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.

Which has more volatility & risk, FBK or EQBK?

FB Financial has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Bancshares has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FBK or EQBK?

65.4% of FB Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of Equity Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of FB Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Equity Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate FBK or EQBK?

FB Financial presently has a consensus price target of $60.80, indicating a potential upside of 9.12%. Given FB Financial's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe FB Financial is more favorable than Equity Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FB Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Equity Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.67

Is FBK or EQBK a better dividend stock?

FB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Equity Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. FB Financial pays out 35.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Equity Bancshares pays out 60.0% 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. FB Financial has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer FBK or EQBK?

In the previous week, FB Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Equity Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for FB Financial and 2 mentions for Equity Bancshares. FB Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Equity Bancshares' score of 0.18 indicating that FB Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FB Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Equity Bancshares	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is FBK or EQBK more profitable?

FB Financial has a net margin of 11.73% compared to Equity Bancshares' net margin of 5.01%. Equity Bancshares' return on equity of 12.13% beat FB Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FB Financial	11.73%	10.56%	1.28%
Equity Bancshares	5.01%	12.13%	1.39%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FBK or EQBK?

FB Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Equity Bancshares. FB Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity 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
FB Financial	$764.61M	3.92	$116.04M	$2.14	26.04
Equity Bancshares	$335.67M	2.39	$62.62M	$1.20	34.83

Summary

FB Financial beats Equity Bancshares on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.