First Community (FCCO) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FCCO or EQBK?

First Community received 35 more outperform votes than Equity Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 48.29% of users gave Equity Bancshares an outperform vote while only 44.67% of users gave First Community an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Community	Outperform Votes 176 44.67%	Underperform Votes 218 55.33%
Equity Bancshares	Outperform Votes 141 48.29%	Underperform Votes 151 51.71%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, FCCO or EQBK?

Equity Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than First Community. Equity Bancshares 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
First Community	$61.14M	2.58	$13.95M	$1.81	11.37
Equity Bancshares	$215.83M	2.91	$62.62M	$3.98	9.02

Is FCCO or EQBK a better dividend stock?

First Community pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Equity Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. First Community pays out 33.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Equity Bancshares pays out 15.1% 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.

Is FCCO or EQBK more profitable?

Equity Bancshares has a net margin of 18.66% compared to First Community's net margin of 13.49%. Equity Bancshares' return on equity of 14.64% beat First Community's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Community	13.49%	10.14%	0.73%
Equity Bancshares	18.66%	14.64%	1.31%

Which has more risk & volatility, FCCO or EQBK?

First Community has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Bancshares has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer FCCO or EQBK?

First Community presently has a consensus target price of $29.67, indicating a potential upside of 44.15%. Equity Bancshares has a consensus target price of $48.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.76%. Given First Community's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe First Community is more favorable than Equity Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Community	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Equity Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FCCO or EQBK?

61.3% of First Community shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of Equity Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of First Community shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Equity Bancshares 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.

Does the media refer more to FCCO or EQBK?

In the previous week, Equity Bancshares had 6 more articles in the media than First Community. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Equity Bancshares and 2 mentions for First Community. First Community's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Equity Bancshares' score of 0.51 indicating that First Community is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Community	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Equity Bancshares	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Equity Bancshares beats First Community on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.