Fidelity D & D Bancorp (FDBC) Competitors

Bank First (NASDAQ:BFC) and Fidelity D & D Bancorp (NASDAQ:FDBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in BFC or FDBC?

30.0% of Bank First shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.1% of Fidelity D & D Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Bank First shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.0% of Fidelity D & D Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is BFC or FDBC more profitable?

Bank First has a net margin of 29.00% compared to Fidelity D & D Bancorp's net margin of 13.30%. Bank First's return on equity of 10.53% beat Fidelity D & D Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank First	29.00%	10.53%	1.56%
Fidelity D & D Bancorp	13.30%	10.48%	0.81%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BFC or FDBC?

Fidelity D & D Bancorp received 142 more outperform votes than Bank First when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.12% of users gave Fidelity D & D Bancorp an outperform vote while only 45.16% of users gave Bank First an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank First	Outperform Votes 14 45.16%	Underperform Votes 17 54.84%
Fidelity D & D Bancorp	Outperform Votes 156 68.12%	Underperform Votes 73 31.88%

Which has more volatility & risk, BFC or FDBC?

Bank First has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity D & D Bancorp has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BFC or FDBC a better dividend stock?

Bank First pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Fidelity D & D Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Bank First pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity D & D Bancorp pays out 59.7% 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.

Do analysts recommend BFC or FDBC?

Bank First presently has a consensus price target of $104.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.16%. Given Bank First's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bank First is more favorable than Fidelity D & D Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bank First	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Fidelity D & D Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has better valuation & earnings, BFC or FDBC?

Bank First has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity D & D Bancorp. Bank First is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity D & D 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
Bank First	$141.58M	7.20	$74.51M	$6.50	15.66
Fidelity D & D Bancorp	$105.24M	2.43	$18.21M	$2.68	16.63

Does the media favor BFC or FDBC?

In the previous week, Fidelity D & D Bancorp had 7 more articles in the media than Bank First. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Fidelity D & D Bancorp and 4 mentions for Bank First. Bank First's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Fidelity D & D Bancorp's score of 0.74 indicating that Bank First is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bank First	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fidelity D & D Bancorp	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Bank First beats Fidelity D & D Bancorp on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.