FLIC vs. CTBI, SBSI, UVSP, HFWA, CPF, FCBC, EGBN, MBWM, GSBC, and HBNC
Should you be buying First of Long Island stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First of Long Island include Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Univest Financial (UVSP), Heritage Financial (HFWA), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), and Horizon Bancorp (HBNC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
First of Long Island vs.
Community Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:CTBI) and First of Long Island (NASDAQ:FLIC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Community Trust Bancorp has a net margin of 21.64% compared to First of Long Island's net margin of 11.15%. Community Trust Bancorp's return on equity of 10.93% beat First of Long Island's return on equity.
Community Trust Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $57.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.19%. First of Long Island has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.17%. Given First of Long Island's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First of Long Island is more favorable than Community Trust Bancorp.
In the previous week, Community Trust Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than First of Long Island. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Community Trust Bancorp and 5 mentions for First of Long Island. Community Trust Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat First of Long Island's score of 0.25 indicating that Community Trust Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
60.2% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.3% of First of Long Island shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of First of Long Island shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Community Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First of Long Island has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Community Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. First of Long Island pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Community Trust Bancorp pays out 42.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First of Long Island pays out 95.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Community Trust Bancorp has raised its dividend for 44 consecutive years.
Community Trust Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First of Long Island. Community Trust Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First of Long Island, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Community Trust Bancorp received 21 more outperform votes than First of Long Island when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.56% of users gave Community Trust Bancorp an outperform vote while only 49.16% of users gave First of Long Island an outperform vote.
Summary
Community Trust Bancorp beats First of Long Island on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FLIC) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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