TC Bancshares (TCBC) Competitors

First US Bancshares (NASDAQ:FUSB) and TC Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FUSB or TCBC?

18.7% of First US Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.6% of TC Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.2% of First US Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of TC Bancshares shares are owned 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.

Does the media prefer FUSB or TCBC?

In the previous week, First US Bancshares had 2 more articles in the media than TC Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for First US Bancshares and 2 mentions for TC Bancshares. First US Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat TC Bancshares' score of 1.10 indicating that TC Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First US Bancshares	Positive
TC Bancshares	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FUSB or TCBC?

First US Bancshares received 76 more outperform votes than TC Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.14% of users gave First US Bancshares an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave TC Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First US Bancshares	Outperform Votes 76 57.14%	Underperform Votes 57 42.86%
TC Bancshares	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 1 100.00%

Which has more volatility & risk, FUSB or TCBC?

First US Bancshares has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TC Bancshares has a beta of 0.06, meaning that its share price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FUSB or TCBC a better dividend stock?

First US Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. TC Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. First US Bancshares pays out 14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First US Bancshares has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and TC Bancshares has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. First US Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend FUSB or TCBC?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First US Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
TC Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, FUSB or TCBC?

First US Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than TC Bancshares.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First US Bancshares	$56.19M	1.03	$8.48M	$1.34	7.49
TC Bancshares	$21.97M	2.60	$270K	N/A	N/A

Is FUSB or TCBC more profitable?

First US Bancshares has a net margin of 14.55% compared to First US Bancshares' net margin of -0.19%. TC Bancshares' return on equity of 9.57% beat First US Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First US Bancshares	14.55%	9.57%	0.80%
TC Bancshares	-0.19%	-0.05%	-0.01%

Summary

First US Bancshares beats TC Bancshares on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.