FVCB vs. AMAL, CTBI, FMBH, CNOB, PFC, OSBC, CFB, UVSP, FCBC, and MCBS
Should you be buying FVCBankcorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FVCBankcorp include Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Premier Financial (PFC), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), Univest Financial (UVSP), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), and MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Amalgamated Financial (NASDAQ:AMAL) and FVCBankcorp (NASDAQ:FVCB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.
Amalgamated Financial received 75 more outperform votes than FVCBankcorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.00% of users gave FVCBankcorp an outperform vote while only 55.63% of users gave Amalgamated Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, FVCBankcorp had 1 more articles in the media than Amalgamated Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for FVCBankcorp and 3 mentions for Amalgamated Financial. FVCBankcorp's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Amalgamated Financial's score of 0.34 indicating that Amalgamated Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Amalgamated Financial presently has a consensus price target of $29.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.69%. FVCBankcorp has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.27%. Given Amalgamated Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FVCBankcorp is more favorable than Amalgamated Financial.
75.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.6% of FVCBankcorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of FVCBankcorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Amalgamated Financial has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FVCBankcorp has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Amalgamated Financial has a net margin of 23.22% compared to Amalgamated Financial's net margin of 4.55%. FVCBankcorp's return on equity of 16.34% beat Amalgamated Financial's return on equity.
Amalgamated Financial has higher revenue and earnings than FVCBankcorp. Amalgamated Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FVCBankcorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Amalgamated Financial beats FVCBankcorp on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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