FBMS vs. DCOM, AMTB, BFC, OCFC, SASR, HAFC, CAC, ALRS, AROW, and BDGE
Should you be buying First Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Bancshares include Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), Bank First (BFC), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), Camden National (CAC), Alerus Financial (ALRS), Arrow Financial (AROW), and Bridge Bancorp (BDGE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
First Bancshares (NASDAQ:FBMS) and Dime Community Bancshares (NASDAQ:DCOM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
Dime Community Bancshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Bancshares. First Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dime Community Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Bancshares has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dime Community Bancshares has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
First Bancshares received 18 more outperform votes than Dime Community Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.32% of users gave First Bancshares an outperform vote while only 49.31% of users gave Dime Community Bancshares an outperform vote.
First Bancshares currently has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.47%. Dime Community Bancshares has a consensus target price of $25.88, indicating a potential upside of 30.42%. Given Dime Community Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dime Community Bancshares is more favorable than First Bancshares.
In the previous week, Dime Community Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than First Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Dime Community Bancshares and 3 mentions for First Bancshares. Dime Community Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat First Bancshares' score of 0.09 indicating that Dime Community Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Dime Community Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. First Bancshares pays out 39.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dime Community Bancshares pays out 56.2% 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.
70.0% of First Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of First Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of Dime Community 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.
First Bancshares has a net margin of 20.00% compared to Dime Community Bancshares' net margin of 11.46%. First Bancshares' return on equity of 9.85% beat Dime Community Bancshares' return on equity.
Summary
Dime Community Bancshares beats First Bancshares on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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