FBAK vs. EGBN, CTBI, QCRH, GSBC, BY, PFBC, HBT, UVSP, OSBC, and TRST
Should you be buying First National Bank Alaska stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First National Bank Alaska include Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), QCR (QCRH), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Byline Bancorp (BY), Preferred Bank (PFBC), HBT Financial (HBT), Univest Financial (UVSP), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), and TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
First National Bank Alaska vs.
First National Bank Alaska (OTCMKTS:FBAK) and Eagle Bancorp (NASDAQ:EGBN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
First National Bank Alaska pays an annual dividend of $12.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Eagle Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. First National Bank Alaska pays out 70.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eagle Bancorp pays out 44.6% 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. Eagle Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Eagle Bancorp received 265 more outperform votes than First National Bank Alaska when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.45% of users gave First National Bank Alaska an outperform vote while only 61.16% of users gave Eagle Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Eagle Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than First National Bank Alaska. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Eagle Bancorp and 0 mentions for First National Bank Alaska. Eagle Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat First National Bank Alaska's score of 0.00 indicating that Eagle Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Eagle Bancorp has a net margin of 25.97% compared to First National Bank Alaska's net margin of 0.00%. First National Bank Alaska's return on equity of 14.19% beat Eagle Bancorp's return on equity.
Eagle Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First National Bank Alaska. Eagle Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First National Bank Alaska, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
0.9% of First National Bank Alaska shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.0% of Eagle Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Eagle Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Eagle Bancorp has a consensus price target of $33.50, indicating a potential upside of 59.90%. Given Eagle Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Eagle Bancorp is more favorable than First National Bank Alaska.
First National Bank Alaska has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Bancorp has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Eagle Bancorp beats First National Bank Alaska on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FBAK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of OTCMKTS 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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