FCBC vs. MCBS, HBT, MBWM, UVSP, GSBC, BFST, EGBN, HBNC, CPF, and MSBI
Should you be buying First Community Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Community Bankshares include MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), HBT Financial (HBT), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Univest Financial (UVSP), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Business First Bancshares (BFST), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), and Midland States Bancorp (MSBI). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
First Community Bankshares (NASDAQ:FCBC) and MetroCity Bankshares (NASDAQ:MCBS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
First Community Bankshares has a net margin of 27.10% compared to MetroCity Bankshares' net margin of 23.26%. MetroCity Bankshares' return on equity of 13.30% beat First Community Bankshares' return on equity.
First Community Bankshares received 221 more outperform votes than MetroCity Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.44% of users gave First Community Bankshares an outperform vote while only 47.37% of users gave MetroCity Bankshares an outperform vote.
In the previous week, MetroCity Bankshares had 4 more articles in the media than First Community Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for MetroCity Bankshares and 3 mentions for First Community Bankshares. MetroCity Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat First Community Bankshares' score of 0.16 indicating that MetroCity Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
35.0% of First Community Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.3% of MetroCity Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of First Community Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.5% of MetroCity Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
First Community Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. MetroCity Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. First Community Bankshares pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MetroCity Bankshares pays out 40.6% 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.
MetroCity Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than First Community Bankshares. MetroCity Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Community Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Community Bankshares currently has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.63%. MetroCity Bankshares has a consensus target price of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.09%. Given MetroCity Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MetroCity Bankshares is more favorable than First Community Bankshares.
First Community Bankshares has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MetroCity Bankshares has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
MetroCity Bankshares beats First Community Bankshares on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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