FUSB vs. PBHC, BOTJ, VBFC, FBSS, AMRB, BCML, CIVB, PCB, CBAN, and CHMG
Should you be buying First US Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First US Bancshares include Pathfinder Bancorp (PBHC), Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ), Village Bank and Trust Financial (VBFC), Fauquier Bankshares (FBSS), American River Bankshares (AMRB), BayCom (BCML), Civista Bancshares (CIVB), PCB Bancorp (PCB), Colony Bankcorp (CBAN), and Chemung Financial (CHMG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
First US Bancshares (NASDAQ:FUSB) and Pathfinder Bancorp (NASDAQ:PBHC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
Pathfinder Bancorp received 42 more outperform votes than First US Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.10% of users gave Pathfinder Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave First US Bancshares an outperform vote.
18.7% of First US Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.7% of Pathfinder Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 11.2% of First US Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of Pathfinder Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Pathfinder Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First US Bancshares. First US Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pathfinder Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First US Bancshares has a net margin of 14.55% compared to Pathfinder Bancorp's net margin of 11.50%. First US Bancshares' return on equity of 9.57% beat Pathfinder Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, First US Bancshares had 2 more articles in the media than Pathfinder Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for First US Bancshares and 2 mentions for Pathfinder Bancorp. First US Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Pathfinder Bancorp's score of 0.62 indicating that First US Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First US Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Pathfinder Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. First US Bancshares pays out 14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pathfinder Bancorp pays out 28.2% 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.
First US Bancshares has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pathfinder Bancorp has a beta of 0.13, meaning that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Pathfinder Bancorp beats First US Bancshares on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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