John Marshall Bancorp (JMSB) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FBMS or JMSB?

First Bancshares received 179 more outperform votes than John Marshall Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.97% of users gave John Marshall Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.81% of users gave First Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Bancshares	Outperform Votes 233 53.81%	Underperform Votes 200 46.19%
John Marshall Bancorp	Outperform Votes 54 72.97%	Underperform Votes 20 27.03%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, FBMS or JMSB?

First Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than John Marshall Bancorp. First Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than John Marshall 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
First Bancshares	$267.28M	4.04	$75.46M	$2.21	15.64
John Marshall Bancorp	$51.62M	5.79	$5.16M	$1.19	17.65

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FBMS or JMSB?

69.9% of First Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.1% of John Marshall Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of First Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.7% of John Marshall Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FBMS or JMSB more profitable?

First Bancshares has a net margin of 17.25% compared to John Marshall Bancorp's net margin of 15.13%. First Bancshares' return on equity of 8.19% beat John Marshall Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Bancshares	17.25%	8.19%	1.00%
John Marshall Bancorp	15.13%	7.15%	0.75%

Do analysts rate FBMS or JMSB?

First Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $37.17, suggesting a potential upside of 7.51%. Given First Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe First Bancshares is more favorable than John Marshall Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
John Marshall Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is FBMS or JMSB a better dividend stock?

First Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. John Marshall Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. First Bancshares pays out 45.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. John Marshall Bancorp pays out 21.0% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, FBMS or JMSB?

First Bancshares has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Marshall Bancorp has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer FBMS or JMSB?

In the previous week, First Bancshares had 4 more articles in the media than John Marshall Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for First Bancshares and 0 mentions for John Marshall Bancorp. First Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat John Marshall Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that First Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Bancshares	Positive
John Marshall Bancorp	Neutral

Summary

First Bancshares beats John Marshall Bancorp on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.