FGBI vs. SMBK, HKD, HONE, SHBI, MSBI, PFIS, ALRS, FFWM, MPB, and GCBC
Should you be buying First Guaranty Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Guaranty Bancshares include SmartFinancial (SMBK), AMTD Digital (HKD), HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), Midland States Bancorp (MSBI), Peoples Financial Services (PFIS), Alerus Financial (ALRS), First Foundation (FFWM), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), and Greene County Bancorp (GCBC). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
First Guaranty Bancshares vs.
SmartFinancial (NASDAQ:SMBK) and First Guaranty Bancshares (NASDAQ:FGBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.
SmartFinancial pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. First Guaranty Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. SmartFinancial pays out 16.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Guaranty Bancshares pays out 4.8% 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.
In the previous week, SmartFinancial had 2 more articles in the media than First Guaranty Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for SmartFinancial and 1 mentions for First Guaranty Bancshares. First Guaranty Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat SmartFinancial's score of 0.60 indicating that First Guaranty Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SmartFinancial has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Guaranty Bancshares has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
58.8% of SmartFinancial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of First Guaranty Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.7% of SmartFinancial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 46.4% of First Guaranty Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SmartFinancial currently has a consensus price target of $29.50, indicating a potential downside of 6.42%. Given SmartFinancial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe SmartFinancial is more favorable than First Guaranty Bancshares.
SmartFinancial has higher revenue and earnings than First Guaranty Bancshares. First Guaranty Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SmartFinancial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SmartFinancial has a net margin of 11.88% compared to First Guaranty Bancshares' net margin of 5.32%. SmartFinancial's return on equity of 6.81% beat First Guaranty Bancshares' return on equity.
SmartFinancial received 33 more outperform votes than First Guaranty Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.43% of users gave First Guaranty Bancshares an outperform vote while only 58.18% of users gave SmartFinancial an outperform vote.
Summary
SmartFinancial beats First Guaranty Bancshares on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FGBI) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
