First US Bancshares (FUSB) Competitors

PCB Bancorp (NASDAQ:PCB) and First US Bancshares (NASDAQ:FUSB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, PCB or FUSB?

PCB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First US Bancshares. First US Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PCB Bancorp, 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
PCB Bancorp	$97.93M	2.97	$30.70M	$1.69	12.07
First US Bancshares	$40.03M	1.96	$8.48M	$1.40	9.82

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PCB or FUSB?

First US Bancshares received 64 more outperform votes than PCB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.14% of users gave First US Bancshares an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave PCB Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PCB Bancorp	Outperform Votes 12 42.86%	Underperform Votes 16 57.14%
First US Bancshares	Outperform Votes 76 57.14%	Underperform Votes 57 42.86%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PCB or FUSB?

33.0% of PCB Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.7% of First US Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.0% of PCB Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of First US Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend PCB or FUSB?

PCB Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.84%. Given PCB Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe PCB Bancorp is more favorable than First US Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PCB Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
First US Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk & volatility, PCB or FUSB?

PCB Bancorp has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First US Bancshares has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PCB or FUSB a better dividend stock?

PCB Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. First US Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. PCB Bancorp pays out 42.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First US Bancshares pays out 20.0% 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.

Does the media refer more to PCB or FUSB?

In the previous week, First US Bancshares had 3 more articles in the media than PCB Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for First US Bancshares and 0 mentions for PCB Bancorp. PCB Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat First US Bancshares' score of 0.95 indicating that PCB Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
PCB Bancorp	Positive
First US Bancshares	Positive

Is PCB or FUSB more profitable?

First US Bancshares has a net margin of 14.25% compared to PCB Bancorp's net margin of 13.27%. First US Bancshares' return on equity of 9.31% beat PCB Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PCB Bancorp	13.27%	8.68%	0.87%
First US Bancshares	14.25%	9.31%	0.81%

Summary

PCB Bancorp beats First US Bancshares on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.