First US Bancshares (FUSB) Competitors $13.12 -0.11 (-0.83%) As of 02/21/2025 04:00 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends FUSB vs. CZFS, PBFS, CBAN, FSBW, OBT, GHI, FRBA, COFS, SFST, and PCBShould you be buying First US Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First US Bancshares include Citizens Financial Services (CZFS), Pioneer Bancorp (PBFS), Colony Bankcorp (CBAN), FS Bancorp (FSBW), Orange County Bancorp (OBT), Greystone Housing Impact Investors (GHI), First Bank (FRBA), ChoiceOne Financial Services (COFS), Southern First Bancshares (SFST), and PCB Bancorp (PCB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. First US Bancshares vs. Citizens Financial Services Pioneer Bancorp Colony Bankcorp FS Bancorp Orange County Bancorp Greystone Housing Impact Investors First Bank ChoiceOne Financial Services Southern First Bancshares PCB Bancorp Citizens Financial Services (NASDAQ:CZFS) and First US Bancshares (NASDAQ:FUSB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation. Does the media favor CZFS or FUSB? In the previous week, Citizens Financial Services had 2 more articles in the media than First US Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Citizens Financial Services and 1 mentions for First US Bancshares. First US Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.95 beat Citizens Financial Services' score of 1.00 indicating that First US Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Citizens Financial Services 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive First US Bancshares 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Which has more risk & volatility, CZFS or FUSB? Citizens Financial Services has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First US Bancshares has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CZFS or FUSB? First US Bancshares received 58 more outperform votes than Citizens Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.23% of users gave Citizens Financial Services an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave First US Bancshares an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCitizens Financial ServicesOutperform Votes1869.23% Underperform Votes830.77% First US BancsharesOutperform Votes7657.14% Underperform Votes5742.86% Which has better valuation and earnings, CZFS or FUSB? Citizens Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than First US Bancshares. First US Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Citizens Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCitizens Financial Services$169.72M1.66$27.82M$5.8710.05First US Bancshares$61.84M1.21$8.17M$1.339.86 Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CZFS or FUSB? 22.5% of Citizens Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.7% of First US Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Citizens Financial Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of First US Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Do analysts rate CZFS or FUSB? Citizens Financial Services currently has a consensus price target of $53.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.20%. Given Citizens Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Citizens Financial Services is more favorable than First US Bancshares.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Citizens Financial Services 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00First US Bancshares 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Is CZFS or FUSB more profitable? Citizens Financial Services has a net margin of 16.39% compared to First US Bancshares' net margin of 13.21%. Citizens Financial Services' return on equity of 9.93% beat First US Bancshares' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Citizens Financial Services16.39% 9.93% 0.97% First US Bancshares 13.21%8.61%0.75% Is CZFS or FUSB a better dividend stock? Citizens Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. First US Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Citizens Financial Services pays out 33.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First US Bancshares pays out 21.1% 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. SummaryCitizens Financial Services beats First US Bancshares on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get First US Bancshares News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for FUSB and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart FUSB vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFirst US BancsharesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$75.62M$3.23B$11.72B$9.15BDividend Yield2.12%3.67%5.37%3.85%P/E Ratio9.8624.1324.1519.13Price / Sales1.212.1726.4470.72Price / Cash7.5510.6417.9134.83Price / Book0.851.242.594.62Net Income$8.17M$372.21M$1.03B$245.94M7 Day Performance-2.89%-2.62%-1.41%-2.62%1 Month Performance0.23%-0.06%0.67%-2.15%1 Year Performance26.40%23.03%14.93%12.95% First US Bancshares Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FUSBFirst US Bancshares2.2105 of 5 stars$13.12-0.8%N/A+26.8%$75.62M$61.84M9.86180Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeCZFSCitizens Financial Services3.2125 of 5 stars$64.90+2.9%$53.00-18.3%+24.4%$308.92M$169.72M11.06310News CoveragePositive NewsGap UpPBFSPioneer Bancorp0.4046 of 5 stars$11.87-1.0%N/A+27.6%$308.26M$104.65M16.26260CBANColony Bankcorp2.1664 of 5 stars$17.49+0.4%N/A+50.4%$306.37M$176.62M12.95520FSBWFS Bancorp4.284 of 5 stars$39.04flat$44.00+12.7%+13.2%$305.29M$206.39M8.87540Positive NewsOBTOrange County Bancorp4.4631 of 5 stars$26.68+0.3%$35.50+33.1%+14.4%$302.77M$107.63M10.80210Dividend IncreaseNews CoverageGHIGreystone Housing Impact Investors3.338 of 5 stars$12.89-0.3%$17.38+34.8%-25.2%$300.09M$104.90M20.82N/AEarnings ReportNews CoverageFRBAFirst Bank3.8692 of 5 stars$15.20-0.1%$17.00+11.8%+8.6%$297.46M$229.43M9.10240Positive NewsCOFSChoiceOne Financial Services1.9828 of 5 stars$32.53-0.7%$39.00+19.9%+21.7%$291.47M$139.10M9.98380High Trading VolumeSFSTSouthern First Bancshares3.2654 of 5 stars$35.68-1.4%N/A-1.3%$291.15M$213.35M18.58290PCBPCB Bancorp4.8678 of 5 stars$20.15-0.9%$22.00+9.2%+21.8%$287.54M$191.91M11.58250Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Citizens Financial Services Competitors Pioneer Bancorp Competitors Colony Bankcorp Competitors FS Bancorp Competitors Orange County Bancorp Competitors Greystone Housing Impact Investors Competitors First Bank Competitors ChoiceOne Financial Services Competitors Southern First Bancshares Competitors PCB Bancorp Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:FUSB) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersEx-CIA Advisor: Trump 2.0 Could “Send Gold to $10,000”Experts forecast gold's price racing to $4,000… and an ex-CIA advisor predicts we'll see gold hit $10,000. ...Colonial Metals | SponsoredAlert: DOGE goes live"It's Elon's world, and the rest of us live in it." 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