First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBI) Competitors

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

Is FGBI or CWBC more profitable?

First Guaranty Bancshares has a net margin of 5.04% compared to Community West Bancshares' net margin of 4.59%. Community West Bancshares' return on equity of 7.90% beat First Guaranty Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Guaranty Bancshares	5.04%	5.62%	0.34%
Community West Bancshares	4.59%	7.90%	0.78%

Which has more volatility & risk, FGBI or CWBC?

First Guaranty Bancshares has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community West Bancshares has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FGBI or CWBC?

39.5% of First Guaranty Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Community West Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.4% of First Guaranty Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of Community West Bancshares 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FGBI or CWBC?

First Guaranty Bancshares received 19 more outperform votes than Community West Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.43% of users gave First Guaranty Bancshares an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave Community West Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Guaranty Bancshares	Outperform Votes 159 65.43%	Underperform Votes 84 34.57%
Community West Bancshares	Outperform Votes 140 59.57%	Underperform Votes 95 40.43%

Do analysts recommend FGBI or CWBC?

Community West Bancshares has a consensus target price of $23.33, suggesting a potential upside of 24.84%. Given Community West Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Community West Bancshares is more favorable than First Guaranty Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Guaranty Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Community West Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is FGBI or CWBC a better dividend stock?

First Guaranty Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Community West Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. First Guaranty Bancshares pays out 4.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Community West Bancshares pays out 92.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, FGBI or CWBC?

First Guaranty Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Community West Bancshares. First Guaranty Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Community West Bancshares, 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 Guaranty Bancshares	$111.51M	0.89	$12.45M	$0.81	9.81
Community West Bancshares	$46.27M	7.69	$7.67M	$0.52	35.94

Does the media favor FGBI or CWBC?

In the previous week, Community West Bancshares had 4 more articles in the media than First Guaranty Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Community West Bancshares and 3 mentions for First Guaranty Bancshares. Community West Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat First Guaranty Bancshares' score of 0.60 indicating that Community West Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Community West Bancshares beats First Guaranty Bancshares on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.