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First Mid Bancshares (FMBH) Competitors

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$37.90 +0.35 (+0.93%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

FMBH vs. EBC, BBAR, ASB, CLSK, AUB, FHB, IFS, BFH, WULF, and PRK

Should you be buying First Mid Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Mid Bancshares include Eastern Bankshares (EBC), Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), Associated Banc (ASB), CleanSpark (CLSK), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), First Hawaiian (FHB), Intercorp Financial Services (IFS), Bread Financial (BFH), TeraWulf (WULF), and Park National (PRK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

First Mid Bancshares vs.

First Mid Bancshares (NASDAQ:FMBH) and Eastern Bankshares (NASDAQ:EBC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

In the previous week, Eastern Bankshares had 1 more articles in the media than First Mid Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Eastern Bankshares and 6 mentions for First Mid Bancshares. Eastern Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat First Mid Bancshares' score of 0.23 indicating that Eastern Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Mid Bancshares
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Eastern Bankshares
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Eastern Bankshares has a net margin of 38.00% compared to First Mid Bancshares' net margin of 17.32%. First Mid Bancshares' return on equity of 10.38% beat Eastern Bankshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Mid Bancshares17.32% 10.38% 1.11%
Eastern Bankshares 38.00%4.49%0.64%

First Mid Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Eastern Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. First Mid Bancshares pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eastern Bankshares pays out 20.7% 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. Eastern Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

First Mid Bancshares currently has a consensus target price of $42.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.14%. Eastern Bankshares has a consensus target price of $19.75, suggesting a potential upside of 14.43%. Given Eastern Bankshares' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Eastern Bankshares is more favorable than First Mid Bancshares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Mid Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Eastern Bankshares
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

First Mid Bancshares received 166 more outperform votes than Eastern Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.05% of users gave First Mid Bancshares an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Eastern Bankshares an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
First Mid BancsharesOutperform Votes
190
52.05%
Underperform Votes
175
47.95%
Eastern BanksharesOutperform Votes
24
50.00%
Underperform Votes
24
50.00%

Eastern Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than First Mid Bancshares. Eastern Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Mid Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Mid Bancshares$313.26M2.89$68.93M$3.2511.66
Eastern Bankshares$670.55M5.53$232.18M$2.327.44

First Mid Bancshares has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastern Bankshares has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

47.6% of First Mid Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Eastern Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.7% of First Mid Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Eastern Bankshares 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.

Summary

Eastern Bankshares beats First Mid Bancshares on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FMBH vs. The Competition

MetricFirst Mid BancsharesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$906.27M$3.10B$11.03B$9.08B
Dividend Yield2.39%3.54%9.79%4.22%
P/E Ratio11.6616.5628.1717.18
Price / Sales2.893.2847.42116.79
Price / Cash10.9411.2830.4237.86
Price / Book1.141.262.744.78
Net Income$68.93M$406.76M$1.03B$225.60M
7 Day Performance-8.08%-4.75%-2.88%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-9.78%-4.99%-2.87%3.36%
1 Year Performance10.50%14.26%11.33%16.59%

First Mid Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
3.3641 of 5 stars
$37.90
+0.9%
$42.50
+12.1%
+10.0%$906.27M$313.26M11.661,219Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
EBC
Eastern Bankshares
4.7151 of 5 stars
$18.35
+2.2%
$19.75
+7.6%
+19.0%$3.94B$670.55M7.741,744Positive News
BBAR
Banco BBVA Argentina
4.3149 of 5 stars
$19.11
+11.0%
$27.00
+41.3%
+242.1%$3.90B$1.93T10.066,009
ASB
Associated Banc
4.7612 of 5 stars
$25.63
+0.3%
$25.89
+1.0%
+13.8%$3.88B$1.09B21.204,100Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
CLSK
CleanSpark
2.5214 of 5 stars
$12.80
+6.5%
$23.17
+81.0%
+6.2%$3.74B$378.97M-22.19130Options Volume
Gap Up
AUB
Atlantic Union Bankshares
3.3383 of 5 stars
$40.86
-0.2%
$42.00
+2.8%
+5.7%$3.67B$1.05B16.991,804Positive News
FHB
First Hawaiian
2.3415 of 5 stars
$27.28
+0.8%
$26.14
-4.2%
+13.9%$3.49B$1.12B15.462,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
IFS
Intercorp Financial Services
4.1856 of 5 stars
$29.25
+0.1%
$30.00
+2.6%
+37.0%$3.38B$6.22B11.468,333Positive News
BFH
Bread Financial
3.3282 of 5 stars
$65.80
+0.8%
$53.54
-18.6%
+92.9%$3.27B$3.93B10.397,000Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
WULF
TeraWulf
3.5638 of 5 stars
$8.22
+16.8%
$8.07
-1.8%
+239.0%$3.17B$126.47M0.006Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
PRK
Park National
0.8466 of 5 stars
$188.22
+0.7%
$130.00
-30.9%
+32.2%$3.04B$564.30M22.111,799News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:FMBH) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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