FRBA vs. CCB, FSUN, FBMS, SII, AMAL, CNOB, PFC, BFC, AMTB, and ML
Should you be buying First Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Bank include Coastal Financial (CCB), Firstsun Capital Bancorp (FSUN), First Bancshares (FBMS), Sprott (SII), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Premier Financial (PFC), Bank First (BFC), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), and MoneyLion (ML). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
First Bank vs.
Coastal Financial (NASDAQ:CCB) and First Bank (NASDAQ:FRBA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Coastal Financial presently has a consensus price target of $93.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.47%. First Bank has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.06%. Given First Bank's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Bank is more favorable than Coastal Financial.
Coastal Financial has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Bank has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Coastal Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Bank. First Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coastal Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Bank received 234 more outperform votes than Coastal Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Coastal Financial an outperform vote while only 63.29% of users gave First Bank an outperform vote.
First Bank has a net margin of 18.41% compared to Coastal Financial's net margin of 6.43%. Coastal Financial's return on equity of 14.98% beat First Bank's return on equity.
In the previous week, Coastal Financial had 2 more articles in the media than First Bank. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Coastal Financial and 1 mentions for First Bank. First Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Coastal Financial's score of 0.47 indicating that First Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
59.2% of Coastal Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.9% of First Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of Coastal Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of First Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Coastal Financial beats First Bank on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FRBA) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
