First Bank (FRBA) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, CIFR or FRBA?

Cipher Mining has a beta of 2.47, meaning that its share price is 147% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Bank has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CIFR or FRBA?

First Bank has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cipher Mining. Cipher Mining 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
Cipher Mining	$151.27M	7.39	-$25.78M	-$0.12	-25.33
First Bank	$129.85M	2.24	$42.24M	$1.67	8.89

Does the media favor CIFR or FRBA?

In the previous week, Cipher Mining had 1 more articles in the media than First Bank. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cipher Mining and 5 mentions for First Bank. Cipher Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat First Bank's score of 0.67 indicating that Cipher Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cipher Mining	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Bank	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

12.3% of Cipher Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.9% of First Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Cipher Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of First Bank shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CIFR or FRBA?

First Bank received 185 more outperform votes than Cipher Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 94.20% of users gave Cipher Mining an outperform vote while only 63.29% of users gave First Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cipher Mining	Outperform Votes 65 94.20%	Underperform Votes 4 5.80%
First Bank	Outperform Votes 250 63.29%	Underperform Votes 145 36.71%

Is CIFR or FRBA more profitable?

First Bank has a net margin of 18.41% compared to Cipher Mining's net margin of -33.39%. First Bank's return on equity of 11.06% beat Cipher Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cipher Mining	-33.39%	-8.29%	-7.29%
First Bank	18.41%	11.06%	1.19%

Do analysts prefer CIFR or FRBA?

Cipher Mining currently has a consensus target price of $8.13, suggesting a potential upside of 167.27%. First Bank has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.56%. Given Cipher Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cipher Mining is more favorable than First Bank.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cipher Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.08
First Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Cipher Mining beats First Bank on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.