First Bancshares (FBMS) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend FBMS or CBTX?

First Bancshares presently has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.29%.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
CBTX	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FBMS or CBTX?

First Bancshares received 73 more outperform votes than CBTX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.09% of users gave CBTX an outperform vote while only 57.18% of users gave First Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Bancshares	Outperform Votes 231 57.18%	Underperform Votes 173 42.82%
CBTX	Outperform Votes 158 58.09%	Underperform Votes 114 41.91%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FBMS or CBTX?

69.9% of First Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.8% of CBTX shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of First Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.0% of CBTX shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, FBMS or CBTX?

First Bancshares has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CBTX has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FBMS or CBTX?

First Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than CBTX. CBTX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Bancshares, 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 Bancshares	$283.32M	2.79	$75.46M	$2.52	10.06
CBTX	$148.36M	0.00	$35.60M	$1.48	N/A

Does the media refer more to FBMS or CBTX?

In the previous week, First Bancshares had 6 more articles in the media than CBTX. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for First Bancshares and 0 mentions for CBTX. First Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat CBTX's score of 0.00 indicating that First Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Bancshares	Positive
CBTX	Neutral

Is FBMS or CBTX a better dividend stock?

First Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. CBTX pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share. First Bancshares pays out 39.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CBTX pays out 35.1% 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.

Is FBMS or CBTX more profitable?

CBTX has a net margin of 23.56% compared to First Bancshares' net margin of 20.00%. First Bancshares' return on equity of 9.73% beat CBTX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Bancshares	20.00%	9.73%	1.14%
CBTX	23.56%	6.60%	0.83%

Summary

First Bancshares beats CBTX on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.