FBIZ vs. NIC, NTB, CUBI, TFIN, CLBK, LOB, LC, VBTX, SUPV, and LX
Should you be buying First Business Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Business Financial Services include Nicolet Bankshares (NIC), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), Customers Bancorp (CUBI), Triumph Financial (TFIN), Columbia Financial (CLBK), Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), LendingClub (LC), Veritex (VBTX), Grupo Supervielle (SUPV), and LexinFintech (LX). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
First Business Financial Services vs.
Nicolet Bankshares (NYSE:NIC) and First Business Financial Services (NASDAQ:FBIZ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
43.1% of Nicolet Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.1% of First Business Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.4% of Nicolet Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of First Business Financial Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Nicolet Bankshares has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Business Financial Services has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Nicolet Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. First Business Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Nicolet Bankshares pays out 13.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Business Financial Services pays out 22.2% 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 Business Financial Services has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. First Business Financial Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Nicolet Bankshares has a net margin of 23.83% compared to First Business Financial Services' net margin of 16.86%. First Business Financial Services' return on equity of 14.33% beat Nicolet Bankshares' return on equity.
Nicolet Bankshares currently has a consensus price target of $119.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.62%. First Business Financial Services has a consensus price target of $58.75, suggesting a potential upside of 13.32%. Given First Business Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Business Financial Services is more favorable than Nicolet Bankshares.
First Business Financial Services received 255 more outperform votes than Nicolet Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.14% of users gave First Business Financial Services an outperform vote while only 11.54% of users gave Nicolet Bankshares an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Nicolet Bankshares had 2 more articles in the media than First Business Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Nicolet Bankshares and 0 mentions for First Business Financial Services. Nicolet Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat First Business Financial Services' score of 0.50 indicating that Nicolet Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Nicolet Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than First Business Financial Services. First Business Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nicolet Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Nicolet Bankshares beats First Business Financial Services on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FBIZ) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
