FLIC vs. FNLC, ATLO, NKSH, FISI, BDGE, CAC, HAFC, SFST, BCAL, and FDBC Should you be buying First of Long Island stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First of Long Island include First Bancorp (FNLC), Ames National (ATLO), National Bankshares (NKSH), Financial Institutions (FISI), Bridge Bancorp (BDGE), Camden National (CAC), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), Southern First Bancshares (SFST), Southern California Bancorp (BCAL), and Fidelity D & D Bancorp (FDBC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
First Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNLC ) and First of Long Island (NASDAQ:FLIC ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
First Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. First of Long Island pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. First Bancorp pays out 56.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First of Long Island pays out 77.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Bancorp has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.
First of Long Island received 15 more outperform votes than First Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.30% of users gave First Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.03% of users gave First of Long Island an outperform vote.
First Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First of Long Island. First Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First of Long Island, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, First Bancorp and First Bancorp both had 1 articles in the media. First of Long Island's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat First Bancorp's score of -0.54 indicating that First Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
40.4% of First Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.3% of First of Long Island shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of First Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of First of Long Island shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
First Bancorp has a net margin of 18.41% compared to First Bancorp's net margin of 14.14%. First of Long Island's return on equity of 11.68% beat First Bancorp's return on equity.
First Bancorp has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First of Long Island has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary First Bancorp beats First of Long Island on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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