FGBI vs. WNEB, BVFL, CZWI, FSFG, FNWD, BCBP, SFBC, FCAP, PROV, and RVSB
Should you be buying First Guaranty Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Guaranty Bancshares include Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), BV Financial (BVFL), Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI), First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), Finward Bancorp (FNWD), BCB Bancorp (BCBP), Sound Financial Bancorp (SFBC), First Capital (FCAP), Provident Financial (PROV), and Riverview Bancorp (RVSB). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
First Guaranty Bancshares (NASDAQ:FGBI) and Western New England Bancorp (NASDAQ:WNEB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and community ranking.
First Guaranty Bancshares presently has a consensus price target of $11.25, suggesting a potential downside of 2.17%. Western New England Bancorp has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.49%. Given Western New England Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Western New England Bancorp is more favorable than First Guaranty Bancshares.
First Guaranty Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Western New England Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. First Guaranty Bancshares pays out 130.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Western New England Bancorp pays out 46.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Western New England Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than First Guaranty Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Western New England Bancorp and 1 mentions for First Guaranty Bancshares. First Guaranty Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Western New England Bancorp's score of 0.67 indicating that First Guaranty Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Western New England Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Guaranty Bancshares. Western New England Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Guaranty Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Western New England Bancorp has a net margin of 11.10% compared to First Guaranty Bancshares' net margin of 3.94%. Western New England Bancorp's return on equity of 5.43% beat First Guaranty Bancshares' return on equity.
First Guaranty Bancshares has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western New England Bancorp has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Western New England Bancorp received 138 more outperform votes than First Guaranty Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.43% of users gave First Guaranty Bancshares an outperform vote while only 59.28% of users gave Western New England Bancorp an outperform vote.
39.5% of First Guaranty Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Western New England Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 46.4% of First Guaranty Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Western New England Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Western New England Bancorp beats First Guaranty Bancshares on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FGBI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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