GHI vs. FBMS, OBK, SII, FSUN, AMAL, OBNK, LX, BFC, ML, and BHRB
Should you be buying Greystone Housing Impact Investors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greystone Housing Impact Investors include First Bancshares (FBMS), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Sprott (SII), Firstsun Capital Bancorp (FSUN), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), LexinFintech (LX), Bank First (BFC), MoneyLion (ML), and Burke & Herbert Financial Services (BHRB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Greystone Housing Impact Investors vs.
Greystone Housing Impact Investors (NYSE:GHI) and First Bancshares (NASDAQ:FBMS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
Greystone Housing Impact Investors has a net margin of 17.55% compared to First Bancshares' net margin of 17.25%. First Bancshares' return on equity of 8.19% beat Greystone Housing Impact Investors' return on equity.
Greystone Housing Impact Investors currently has a consensus price target of $17.38, indicating a potential upside of 47.38%. First Bancshares has a consensus price target of $38.75, indicating a potential upside of 8.71%. Given Greystone Housing Impact Investors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Greystone Housing Impact Investors is more favorable than First Bancshares.
In the previous week, First Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than Greystone Housing Impact Investors. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for First Bancshares and 2 mentions for Greystone Housing Impact Investors. First Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Greystone Housing Impact Investors' score of 0.33 indicating that First Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Greystone Housing Impact Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. First Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Greystone Housing Impact Investors pays out 239.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Bancshares pays out 45.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Greystone Housing Impact Investors has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Bancshares has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
9.0% of Greystone Housing Impact Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of First Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Greystone Housing Impact Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of First Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
First Bancshares received 226 more outperform votes than Greystone Housing Impact Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.78% of users gave Greystone Housing Impact Investors an outperform vote while only 53.44% of users gave First Bancshares an outperform vote.
First Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Greystone Housing Impact Investors. First Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greystone Housing Impact Investors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
First Bancshares beats Greystone Housing Impact Investors on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GHI) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff