FRBA vs. QCRH, GABC, LBAI, SBSI, AMAL, CTBI, FMBH, CNOB, PFC, and OSBC
Should you be buying First Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Bank include QCR (QCRH), German American Bancorp (GABC), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Premier Financial (PFC), and Old Second Bancorp (OSBC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
First Bank (NASDAQ:FRBA) and QCR (NASDAQ:QCRH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment and dividends.
First Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. QCR pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. First Bank pays out 21.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. QCR pays out 3.6% 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.
First Bank has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QCR has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
QCR has a net margin of 19.92% compared to First Bank's net margin of 13.63%. QCR's return on equity of 13.23% beat First Bank's return on equity.
QCR has higher revenue and earnings than First Bank. QCR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Bank currently has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.25%. QCR has a consensus price target of $72.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.05%. Given QCR's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe QCR is more favorable than First Bank.
In the previous week, First Bank had 3 more articles in the media than QCR. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for First Bank and 2 mentions for QCR. QCR's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat First Bank's score of 0.58 indicating that QCR is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
64.9% of First Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of QCR shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.1% of First Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of QCR shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
QCR received 48 more outperform votes than First Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.62% of users gave QCR an outperform vote while only 63.54% of users gave First Bank an outperform vote.
Summary
QCR beats First Bank on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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