AMAL vs. FMBH, CNOB, CTBI, PFC, LBAI, SBSI, FCBC, CFB, UVSP, and OSBC
Should you be buying Amalgamated Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amalgamated Financial include First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Premier Financial (PFC), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), Univest Financial (UVSP), and Old Second Bancorp (OSBC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Amalgamated Financial (NASDAQ:AMAL) and First Mid Bancshares (NASDAQ:FMBH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
Amalgamated Financial has a net margin of 23.22% compared to First Mid Bancshares' net margin of 17.01%. Amalgamated Financial's return on equity of 16.34% beat First Mid Bancshares' return on equity.
First Mid Bancshares received 98 more outperform votes than Amalgamated Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.63% of users gave Amalgamated Financial an outperform vote while only 52.23% of users gave First Mid Bancshares an outperform vote.
Amalgamated Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. First Mid Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Amalgamated Financial pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Mid Bancshares pays out 29.7% 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.
Amalgamated Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Mid Bancshares. Amalgamated Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Mid Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Amalgamated Financial has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Mid Bancshares has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Amalgamated Financial had 6 more articles in the media than First Mid Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Amalgamated Financial and 2 mentions for First Mid Bancshares. Amalgamated Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat First Mid Bancshares' score of 0.43 indicating that Amalgamated Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
75.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of First Mid Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of First Mid Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Amalgamated Financial presently has a consensus price target of $29.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.41%. First Mid Bancshares has a consensus price target of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.63%. Given Amalgamated Financial's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Amalgamated Financial is more favorable than First Mid Bancshares.
Summary
Amalgamated Financial beats First Mid Bancshares on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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