First BanCorp. (FBP) Competitors

First BanCorp. (NYSE:FBP) and First Interstate BancSystem (NASDAQ:FIBK) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FBP or FIBK?

97.9% of First BanCorp. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of First Interstate BancSystem shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of First BanCorp. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of First Interstate BancSystem shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer FBP or FIBK?

First BanCorp. presently has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.41%. First Interstate BancSystem has a consensus price target of $29.20, suggesting a potential upside of 8.15%. Given First Interstate BancSystem's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Interstate BancSystem is more favorable than First BanCorp..

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First BanCorp.	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
First Interstate BancSystem	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FBP or FIBK?

First BanCorp. received 18 more outperform votes than First Interstate BancSystem when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.26% of users gave First BanCorp. an outperform vote while only 51.76% of users gave First Interstate BancSystem an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First BanCorp.	Outperform Votes 283 61.26%	Underperform Votes 179 38.74%
First Interstate BancSystem	Outperform Votes 265 51.76%	Underperform Votes 247 48.24%

Is FBP or FIBK a better dividend stock?

First BanCorp. pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. First Interstate BancSystem pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. First BanCorp. pays out 36.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Interstate BancSystem pays out 74.9% 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.

Which has better earnings & valuation, FBP or FIBK?

First BanCorp. has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Interstate BancSystem. First BanCorp. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Interstate BancSystem, 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 BanCorp.	$1.16B	2.52	$302.86M	$1.75	9.85
First Interstate BancSystem	$1.43B	1.97	$257.50M	$2.51	10.76

Does the media prefer FBP or FIBK?

In the previous week, First Interstate BancSystem had 1 more articles in the media than First BanCorp.. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for First Interstate BancSystem and 21 mentions for First BanCorp.. First Interstate BancSystem's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat First BanCorp.'s score of 0.53 indicating that First Interstate BancSystem is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First BanCorp.	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Interstate BancSystem	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FBP or FIBK more profitable?

First BanCorp. has a net margin of 25.82% compared to First Interstate BancSystem's net margin of 18.04%. First BanCorp.'s return on equity of 21.58% beat First Interstate BancSystem's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First BanCorp.	25.82%	21.58%	1.62%
First Interstate BancSystem	18.04%	8.55%	0.88%

Which has more risk & volatility, FBP or FIBK?

First BanCorp. has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Interstate BancSystem has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

First BanCorp. beats First Interstate BancSystem on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.