SFST vs. FLIC, LCNB, BCAL, ATLO, FNLC, NKSH, FDBC, PFIS, CBNK, and VABK
Should you be buying Southern First Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southern First Bancshares include First of Long Island (FLIC), LCNB (LCNB), Southern California Bancorp (BCAL), Ames National (ATLO), First Bancorp (FNLC), National Bankshares (NKSH), Fidelity D & D Bancorp (FDBC), Peoples Financial Services (PFIS), Capital Bancorp (CBNK), and Virginia National Bankshares (VABK). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
First of Long Island (NASDAQ:FLIC) and Southern First Bancshares (NASDAQ:SFST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Southern First Bancshares had 8 more articles in the media than First of Long Island. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Southern First Bancshares and 1 mentions for First of Long Island. First of Long Island's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Southern First Bancshares' score of -0.54 indicating that Southern First Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First of Long Island has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern First Bancshares has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First of Long Island received 6 more outperform votes than Southern First Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.35% of users gave Southern First Bancshares an outperform vote while only 52.03% of users gave First of Long Island an outperform vote.
First of Long Island has higher revenue and earnings than Southern First Bancshares. First of Long Island is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southern First Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
48.3% of First of Long Island shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of Southern First Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of First of Long Island shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Southern First Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Southern First Bancshares has a consensus price target of $44.00, suggesting a potential upside of 51.72%. Given First of Long Island's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Southern First Bancshares is more favorable than First of Long Island.
First of Long Island has a net margin of 14.14% compared to First of Long Island's net margin of 6.69%. Southern First Bancshares' return on equity of 6.54% beat First of Long Island's return on equity.
Summary
Southern First Bancshares beats First of Long Island on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SFST and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
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