TC Bancshares (TCBC) Competitors

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

Is TCBC or FUSB a better dividend stock?

TC Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. First US Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. First US Bancshares pays out 14.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TCBC or FUSB?

First US Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than TC Bancshares.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TC Bancshares	$21.97M	3.20	$270K	N/A	N/A
First US Bancshares	$56.19M	1.25	$8.48M	$1.40	8.76

Which has more volatility and risk, TCBC or FUSB?

TC Bancshares has a beta of 0.09, suggesting that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First US Bancshares has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor TCBC or FUSB?

In the previous week, First US Bancshares had 4 more articles in the media than TC Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for First US Bancshares and 0 mentions for TC Bancshares. TC Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled First US Bancshares'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
TC Bancshares	Neutral
First US Bancshares	Neutral

Is TCBC or FUSB more profitable?

First US Bancshares has a net margin of 14.25% compared to TC Bancshares' net margin of -0.19%. First US Bancshares' return on equity of 9.31% beat TC Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TC Bancshares	-0.19%	-0.05%	-0.01%
First US Bancshares	14.25%	9.31%	0.81%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TCBC or FUSB?

First US Bancshares received 76 more outperform votes than TC Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.14% of users gave First US Bancshares an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave TC Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TC Bancshares	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 1 100.00%
First US Bancshares	Outperform Votes 76 57.14%	Underperform Votes 57 42.86%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TCBC or FUSB?

23.6% of TC Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.7% of First US Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of TC Bancshares 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

First US Bancshares beats TC Bancshares on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.