FMBH vs. CNOB, CTBI, PFC, AMAL, LBAI, EGBN, SBSI, OSBC, GSBC, and CFB
Should you be buying First Mid Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Mid Bancshares include ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Premier Financial (PFC), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), and CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
ConnectOne Bancorp (NASDAQ:CNOB) and First Mid Bancshares (NASDAQ:FMBH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.
ConnectOne Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First Mid Bancshares. ConnectOne Bancorp 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.
ConnectOne Bancorp has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Mid Bancshares has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Mid Bancshares has a net margin of 17.01% compared to First Mid Bancshares' net margin of 15.29%. ConnectOne Bancorp's return on equity of 10.81% beat First Mid Bancshares' return on equity.
ConnectOne Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $24.50, indicating a potential upside of 29.97%. First Mid Bancshares has a consensus target price of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.34%. Given First Mid Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ConnectOne Bancorp is more favorable than First Mid Bancshares.
In the previous week, ConnectOne Bancorp and ConnectOne Bancorp both had 13 articles in the media. ConnectOne Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat First Mid Bancshares' score of 0.09 indicating that First Mid Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
67.7% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of First Mid Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of First Mid Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ConnectOne Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. First Mid Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. ConnectOne Bancorp pays out 36.0% 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. ConnectOne Bancorp has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. ConnectOne Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
ConnectOne Bancorp received 73 more outperform votes than First Mid Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.96% of users gave ConnectOne Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.23% of users gave First Mid Bancshares an outperform vote.
Summary
ConnectOne Bancorp beats First Mid Bancshares on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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