FCBC vs. BOH, INDB, HTLF, TBBK, BKU, CVBF, TOWN, SFNC, FFBC, and FRME
Should you be buying First Community Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Community Bankshares include Bank of Hawaii (BOH), Independent Bank (INDB), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), Bancorp (TBBK), BankUnited (BKU), CVB Financial (CVBF), TowneBank (TOWN), Simmons First National (SFNC), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), and First Merchants (FRME). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
First Community Bankshares vs.
Bank of Hawaii (NYSE:BOH) and First Community Bankshares (NASDAQ:FCBC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Bank of Hawaii had 2 more articles in the media than First Community Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Bank of Hawaii and 3 mentions for First Community Bankshares. First Community Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Bank of Hawaii's score of 1.08 indicating that First Community Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bank of Hawaii received 8 more outperform votes than First Community Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.29% of users gave First Community Bankshares an outperform vote while only 47.78% of users gave Bank of Hawaii an outperform vote.
Bank of Hawaii pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. First Community Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Bank of Hawaii pays out 80.9% 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 Community Bankshares pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Community Bankshares has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
First Community Bankshares has a net margin of 27.81% compared to Bank of Hawaii's net margin of 14.47%. Bank of Hawaii's return on equity of 11.81% beat First Community Bankshares' return on equity.
Bank of Hawaii currently has a consensus target price of $73.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.58%. First Community Bankshares has a consensus target price of $38.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.20%. Given Bank of Hawaii's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bank of Hawaii is more favorable than First Community Bankshares.
82.2% of Bank of Hawaii shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of First Community Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Bank of Hawaii shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of First Community Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bank of Hawaii has higher revenue and earnings than First Community Bankshares. First Community Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Hawaii, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bank of Hawaii has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Community Bankshares has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bank of Hawaii beats First Community Bankshares on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FCBC) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
