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First Bancorp (FBNC) Competitors

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$43.38 +0.38 (+0.88%)
As of 01/3/2025 05:39 PM Eastern

FBNC vs. SNV, PB, ONB, BOKF, BPOP, GBCI, COLB, HOMB, UMBF, and FNB

Should you be buying First Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Bancorp include Synovus Financial (SNV), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Old National Bancorp (ONB), BOK Financial (BOKF), Popular (BPOP), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Columbia Banking System (COLB), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), UMB Financial (UMBF), and F.N.B. (FNB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

First Bancorp vs.

Synovus Financial (NYSE:SNV) and First Bancorp (NASDAQ:FBNC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk and community ranking.

First Bancorp has a net margin of 17.98% compared to Synovus Financial's net margin of 10.82%. Synovus Financial's return on equity of 13.43% beat First Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Synovus Financial10.82% 13.43% 1.04%
First Bancorp 17.98%8.00%0.93%

In the previous week, First Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Synovus Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for First Bancorp and 1 mentions for Synovus Financial. Synovus Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat First Bancorp's score of 0.17 indicating that Synovus Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Synovus Financial
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Bancorp
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Synovus Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Bancorp. First Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Synovus Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Synovus Financial$1.89B3.88$543.71M$2.2123.50
First Bancorp$375.65M4.77$104.13M$2.4817.49

83.8% of Synovus Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.4% of First Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Synovus Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of First Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Synovus Financial has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Bancorp has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Synovus Financial presently has a consensus price target of $57.78, indicating a potential upside of 11.24%. First Bancorp has a consensus price target of $56.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.09%. Given First Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Bancorp is more favorable than Synovus Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Synovus Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
First Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Synovus Financial received 53 more outperform votes than First Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.65% of users gave First Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.02% of users gave Synovus Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Synovus FinancialOutperform Votes
459
57.02%
Underperform Votes
346
42.98%
First BancorpOutperform Votes
406
62.65%
Underperform Votes
242
37.35%

Synovus Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. First Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Synovus Financial pays out 68.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Bancorp pays out 35.5% 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.

Summary

Synovus Financial beats First Bancorp on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FBNC vs. The Competition

MetricFirst BancorpState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.79B$3.08B$11.42B$9.05B
Dividend Yield2.00%3.66%5.90%4.15%
P/E Ratio17.4916.3425.1017.30
Price / Sales4.773.2927.00121.20
Price / Cash14.5811.2418.6037.87
Price / Book1.301.242.595.18
Net Income$104.13M$406.76M$1.04B$226.86M
7 Day Performance-2.30%-0.68%0.41%3.12%
1 Month Performance-8.94%-7.21%-3.60%4.42%
1 Year Performance19.74%14.21%12.66%21.89%

First Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FBNC
First Bancorp
3.8874 of 5 stars
$43.38
+0.9%
$56.00
+29.1%
+21.4%$1.79B$375.65M17.491,445Ex-Dividend
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.7371 of 5 stars
$51.38
+0.4%
$57.78
+12.5%
+44.9%$7.28B$1.89B23.254,879
PB
Prosperity Bancshares
4.803 of 5 stars
$75.52
+0.1%
$81.50
+7.9%
+13.8%$7.19B$1.11B16.033,850Analyst Upgrade
ONB
Old National Bancorp
4.6865 of 5 stars
$21.77
flat
$24.38
+12.0%
+29.7%$6.94B$1.86B13.193,940
BOKF
BOK Financial
4.6481 of 5 stars
$107.93
-0.2%
$114.40
+6.0%
+29.2%$6.92B$1.94B14.854,877News Coverage
Positive News
BPOP
Popular
4.9804 of 5 stars
$94.63
-0.1%
$108.25
+14.4%
+17.3%$6.75B$2.75B12.869,237Positive News
GBCI
Glacier Bancorp
1.777 of 5 stars
$50.30
+0.0%
$48.83
-2.9%
+26.7%$5.70B$784.58M31.053,358
COLB
Columbia Banking System
3.7536 of 5 stars
$27.06
-0.3%
$29.00
+7.2%
+5.7%$5.67B$1.96B11.715,114
HOMB
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)
3.0173 of 5 stars
$28.41
flat
$30.50
+7.4%
+15.4%$5.65B$987.40M14.642,819Positive News
UMBF
UMB Financial
4.7351 of 5 stars
$113.57
-0.1%
$124.00
+9.2%
+38.8%$5.54B$1.41B14.203,599
FNB
F.N.B.
4.3009 of 5 stars
$14.78
+0.3%
$17.67
+19.5%
+8.6%$5.31B$1.56B13.564,228

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