First Bancorp (FBNC) Competitors

BOK Financial (NASDAQ:BOKF) and First Bancorp (NASDAQ:FBNC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BOKF or FBNC?

34.4% of BOK Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.4% of First Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 59.7% of BOK Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of First Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BOKF or FBNC more profitable?

BOK Financial has a net margin of 15.32% compared to First Bancorp's net margin of 14.19%. BOK Financial's return on equity of 9.96% beat First Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BOK Financial	15.32%	9.96%	1.06%
First Bancorp	14.19%	8.04%	0.95%

Is BOKF or FBNC a better dividend stock?

BOK Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. First Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. BOK Financial pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Bancorp pays out 47.8% 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. BOK Financial has raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years. BOK Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BOKF or FBNC?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BOK Financial	$3.48B	2.02	$523.57M	$8.13	13.46
First Bancorp	$537.14M	3.44	$76.21M	$1.84	24.28

Which has more volatility and risk, BOKF or FBNC?

BOK Financial has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Bancorp has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BOKF or FBNC?

BOK Financial presently has a consensus price target of $116.40, suggesting a potential upside of 6.37%. First Bancorp has a consensus price target of $56.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.36%. Given First Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Bancorp is more favorable than BOK Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BOK Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
First Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor BOKF or FBNC?

In the previous week, BOK Financial and BOK Financial both had 12 articles in the media. BOK Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat First Bancorp's score of 0.65 indicating that BOK Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BOK Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Bancorp	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BOKF or FBNC?

First Bancorp received 9 more outperform votes than BOK Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.65% of users gave First Bancorp an outperform vote while only 46.82% of users gave BOK Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BOK Financial	Outperform Votes 397 46.82%	Underperform Votes 451 53.18%
First Bancorp	Outperform Votes 406 62.65%	Underperform Votes 242 37.35%

Summary

BOK Financial beats First Bancorp on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.