First Community (FCCO) Competitors

Metropolitan Bank (NYSE:MCB) and First Community (NASDAQ:FCCO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend MCB or FCCO?

Metropolitan Bank presently has a consensus price target of $66.38, suggesting a potential upside of 2.89%. First Community has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential downside of 13.40%. Given Metropolitan Bank's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Metropolitan Bank is more favorable than First Community.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Metropolitan Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
First Community	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer MCB or FCCO?

In the previous week, Metropolitan Bank had 1 more articles in the media than First Community. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Metropolitan Bank and 3 mentions for First Community. First Community's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Metropolitan Bank's score of 0.57 indicating that First Community is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Metropolitan Bank	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Community	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MCB or FCCO?

79.8% of Metropolitan Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.3% of First Community shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Metropolitan Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of First Community shares are held by 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MCB or FCCO?

Metropolitan Bank received 13 more outperform votes than First Community when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.13% of users gave Metropolitan Bank an outperform vote while only 44.25% of users gave First Community an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Metropolitan Bank	Outperform Votes 186 68.13%	Underperform Votes 87 31.87%
First Community	Outperform Votes 173 44.25%	Underperform Votes 218 55.75%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MCB or FCCO?

Metropolitan Bank has higher revenue and earnings than First Community. Metropolitan Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Community, 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
Metropolitan Bank	$403.31M	1.79	$76.90M	$5.32	12.13
First Community	$83.12M	2.23	$11.84M	$1.69	14.35

Which has more volatility & risk, MCB or FCCO?

Metropolitan Bank has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Community has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MCB or FCCO more profitable?

First Community has a net margin of 12.99% compared to Metropolitan Bank's net margin of 12.47%. Metropolitan Bank's return on equity of 10.02% beat First Community's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Metropolitan Bank	12.47%	10.02%	0.94%
First Community	12.99%	9.57%	0.69%

Summary

Metropolitan Bank beats First Community on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.