TC Bancshares (TCBC) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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 risk & volatility, FUSB or TCBC?

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

Do analysts prefer 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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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 increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and TC Bancshares has increased 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.

Does the media favor FUSB or TCBC?

In the previous week, First US Bancshares had 3 more articles in the media than TC Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for First US Bancshares and 1 mentions for TC Bancshares. First US Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat TC Bancshares' score of 0.94 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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	1.04	$8.48M	$1.34	7.52
TC Bancshares	$14.76M	3.90	$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.