FCBC vs. MCBS, MBWM, HBT, BFST, IBCP, CBU, CVBF, BOH, SFNC, and INDB
Should you be buying First Community Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Community Bankshares include MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), HBT Financial (HBT), Business First Bancshares (BFST), Independent Bank (IBCP), Community Bank System (CBU), CVB Financial (CVBF), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), Simmons First National (SFNC), and Independent Bank (INDB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
MetroCity Bankshares (NASDAQ:MCBS) and First Community Bankshares (NASDAQ:FCBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
MetroCity Bankshares has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Community Bankshares has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
25.3% of MetroCity Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of First Community Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.5% of MetroCity Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of First Community Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
First Community Bankshares has a net margin of 27.10% compared to First Community Bankshares' net margin of 23.26%. First Community Bankshares' return on equity of 13.15% beat MetroCity Bankshares' return on equity.
First Community Bankshares received 221 more outperform votes than MetroCity Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.44% of users gave First Community Bankshares an outperform vote while only 47.37% of users gave MetroCity Bankshares an outperform vote.
MetroCity Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than First Community Bankshares. MetroCity Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Community Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, MetroCity Bankshares had 1 more articles in the media than First Community Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MetroCity Bankshares and 1 mentions for First Community Bankshares. First Community Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat MetroCity Bankshares' score of 1.22 indicating that MetroCity Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MetroCity Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. First Community Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. MetroCity Bankshares pays out 40.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Community Bankshares pays out 42.8% 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. MetroCity Bankshares has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and First Community Bankshares has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. First Community Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
MetroCity Bankshares currently has a consensus target price of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.59%. First Community Bankshares has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.01%. Given First Community Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe MetroCity Bankshares is more favorable than First Community Bankshares.
Summary
MetroCity Bankshares and First Community Bankshares tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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