FLIC vs. FNLC, FISI, NKSH, ATLO, BDGE, CAC, HAFC, SFST, BCAL, and CARE
Should you be buying First of Long Island stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First of Long Island include First Bancorp (FNLC), Financial Institutions (FISI), National Bankshares (NKSH), Ames National (ATLO), Bridge Bancorp (BDGE), Camden National (CAC), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), Southern First Bancshares (SFST), Southern California Bancorp (BCAL), and Carter Bankshares (CARE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
First of Long Island (NASDAQ:FLIC) and First Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNLC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability and community ranking.
48.3% of First of Long Island shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.4% of First Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of First of Long Island shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of First Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
First Bancorp has a net margin of 18.41% compared to First of Long Island's net margin of 14.14%. First Bancorp's return on equity of 11.79% beat First of Long Island's return on equity.
First of Long Island has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Bancorp has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First of Long Island pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. First Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. First of Long Island pays out 77.8% 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 Bancorp pays out 56.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
First of Long Island received 15 more outperform votes than First Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.30% of users gave First Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.03% of users gave First of Long Island an outperform vote.
In the previous week, First of Long Island had 9 more articles in the media than First Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for First of Long Island and 4 mentions for First Bancorp. First of Long Island's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat First Bancorp's score of -0.58 indicating that First of Long Island is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First of Long Island. First Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First of Long Island, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
First of Long Island beats First Bancorp on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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