FBMS vs. BBAR, IFS, ASB, AX, EBC, UCB, AVAL, FHB, BUR, and RIOT
Should you be buying First Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Bancshares include Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), Intercorp Financial Services (IFS), Associated Banc (ASB), Axos Financial (AX), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), United Community Banks (UCB), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), First Hawaiian (FHB), Burford Capital (BUR), and Riot Platforms (RIOT). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
First Bancshares vs.
Banco BBVA Argentina (NYSE:BBAR) and First Bancshares (NASDAQ:FBMS) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
69.9% of First Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of First Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Banco BBVA Argentina pays an annual dividend of $1.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. First Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Banco BBVA Argentina pays out 87.7% 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 Bancshares pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Banco BBVA Argentina has higher revenue and earnings than First Bancshares. Banco BBVA Argentina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Banco BBVA Argentina presently has a consensus target price of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 44.47%. First Bancshares has a consensus target price of $38.75, indicating a potential upside of 14.85%. Given Banco BBVA Argentina's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Banco BBVA Argentina is more favorable than First Bancshares.
In the previous week, First Bancshares had 3 more articles in the media than Banco BBVA Argentina. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for First Bancshares and 2 mentions for Banco BBVA Argentina. First Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Banco BBVA Argentina's score of 0.50 indicating that First Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Banco BBVA Argentina received 131 more outperform votes than First Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.97% of users gave Banco BBVA Argentina an outperform vote while only 52.36% of users gave First Bancshares an outperform vote.
First Bancshares has a net margin of 18.40% compared to Banco BBVA Argentina's net margin of 6.09%. Banco BBVA Argentina's return on equity of 12.21% beat First Bancshares' return on equity.
Banco BBVA Argentina has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Bancshares has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Banco BBVA Argentina beats First Bancshares on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FBMS) was last updated on 3/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
