First Bank (FRBA) Competitors

CompoSecure (NASDAQ:CMPO) and First Bank (NASDAQ:FRBA) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CMPO or FRBA?

37.6% of CompoSecure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.9% of First Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 75.0% of CompoSecure shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of First Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CMPO or FRBA?

First Bank received 217 more outperform votes than CompoSecure when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.08% of users gave CompoSecure an outperform vote while only 63.50% of users gave First Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CompoSecure	Outperform Votes 30 81.08%	Underperform Votes 7 18.92%
First Bank	Outperform Votes 247 63.50%	Underperform Votes 142 36.50%

Is CMPO or FRBA more profitable?

First Bank has a net margin of 18.19% compared to CompoSecure's net margin of -5.63%. First Bank's return on equity of 11.80% beat CompoSecure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CompoSecure	-5.63%	-14.87%	36.45%
First Bank	18.19%	11.80%	1.25%

Does the media favor CMPO or FRBA?

In the previous week, CompoSecure had 16 more articles in the media than First Bank. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for CompoSecure and 4 mentions for First Bank. First Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat CompoSecure's score of 0.41 indicating that First Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CompoSecure	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
First Bank	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, CMPO or FRBA?

CompoSecure has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Bank has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CMPO or FRBA?

First Bank has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CompoSecure. CompoSecure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Bank, 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
CompoSecure	$390.63M	3.12	$19.24M	-$0.44	-31.39
First Bank	$173.30M	1.66	$20.90M	$1.59	9.25

Do analysts recommend CMPO or FRBA?

CompoSecure presently has a consensus price target of $15.79, suggesting a potential upside of 14.31%. First Bank has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.57%. Given First Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Bank is more favorable than CompoSecure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CompoSecure	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
First Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

First Bank beats CompoSecure on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.