First Bancshares (FBMS) Competitors

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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, FBMS or DCOM?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Bancshares	$387.64M	2.06	$75.46M	$2.52	10.13
Dime Community Bancshares	$340.02M	2.27	$96.09M	$1.78	11.15

Which has more risk & volatility, FBMS or DCOM?

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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FBMS or DCOM?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Bancshares	Outperform Votes 231 57.32%	Underperform Votes 172 42.68%
Dime Community Bancshares	Outperform Votes 213 49.31%	Underperform Votes 219 50.69%

Do analysts rate FBMS or DCOM?

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.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Dime Community Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer FBMS or DCOM?

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.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Bancshares	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Dime Community Bancshares	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is FBMS or DCOM a better dividend stock?

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.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FBMS or DCOM?

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.

Is FBMS or DCOM more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Bancshares	20.00%	9.85%	1.14%
Dime Community Bancshares	11.46%	7.76%	0.63%

Summary

Dime Community Bancshares beats First Bancshares on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.