FUSB vs. BRBS, PBHC, VBFC, AUBN, BAFN, UBCP, BKSC, BOTJ, CIZN, and SBFG
Should you be buying First US Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First US Bancshares include Blue Ridge Bankshares (BRBS), Pathfinder Bancorp (PBHC), Village Bank and Trust Financial (VBFC), Auburn National Bancorporation (AUBN), BayFirst Financial (BAFN), United Bancorp (UBCP), Bank of South Carolina (BKSC), Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ), Citizens (CIZN), and SB Financial Group (SBFG). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
First US Bancshares (NASDAQ:FUSB) and Blue Ridge Bankshares (NASDAQ:BRBS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.
18.7% of First US Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.5% of Blue Ridge Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 11.2% of First US Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Blue Ridge Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, First US Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than Blue Ridge Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for First US Bancshares and 0 mentions for Blue Ridge Bankshares. First US Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Blue Ridge Bankshares' score of 0.00 indicating that First US Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First US Bancshares has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Ridge Bankshares has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First US Bancshares received 74 more outperform votes than Blue Ridge Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.14% of users gave First US Bancshares an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Blue Ridge Bankshares an outperform vote.
First US Bancshares has a net margin of 14.55% compared to Blue Ridge Bankshares' net margin of -35.41%. First US Bancshares' return on equity of 9.69% beat Blue Ridge Bankshares' return on equity.
First US Bancshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Blue Ridge Bankshares. Blue Ridge Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First US Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
First US Bancshares beats Blue Ridge Bankshares on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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