Greystone Housing Impact Investors (GHI) Competitors

First Bancshares (NASDAQ:FBMS) and Greystone Housing Impact Investors (NYSE:GHI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Do analysts prefer FBMS or GHI?

First Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $38.75, suggesting a potential upside of 14.81%. Greystone Housing Impact Investors has a consensus price target of $16.88, suggesting a potential upside of 42.05%. Given Greystone Housing Impact Investors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Greystone Housing Impact Investors is more favorable than First Bancshares.

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
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in FBMS or GHI?

69.9% of First Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.0% of Greystone Housing Impact Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of First Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Greystone Housing Impact Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, FBMS or GHI?

First Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Greystone Housing Impact Investors. First Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greystone Housing Impact Investors, 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
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	$40.00M	6.88	$54.01M	$0.77	15.43

Is FBMS or GHI a better dividend stock?

First Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Greystone Housing Impact Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.5%. First Bancshares pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greystone Housing Impact Investors pays out 192.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media favor FBMS or GHI?

In the previous week, Greystone Housing Impact Investors had 4 more articles in the media than First Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Greystone Housing Impact Investors and 0 mentions for First Bancshares. First Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Greystone Housing Impact Investors' score of 0.60 indicating that First Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Bancshares	Positive
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, FBMS or GHI?

First Bancshares has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greystone Housing Impact Investors has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FBMS or GHI more profitable?

Greystone Housing Impact Investors has a net margin of 22.35% compared to First Bancshares' net margin of 18.40%. First Bancshares' return on equity of 8.29% beat Greystone Housing Impact Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Bancshares	18.40%	8.29%	1.02%
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	22.35%	5.76%	1.27%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FBMS or GHI?

First Bancshares received 224 more outperform votes than Greystone Housing Impact Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.82% of users gave Greystone Housing Impact Investors an outperform vote while only 51.89% of users gave First Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Bancshares	Outperform Votes 233 51.89%	Underperform Votes 216 48.11%
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	Outperform Votes 9 81.82%	Underperform Votes 2 18.18%

Summary

First Bancshares and Greystone Housing Impact Investors tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.