First of Long Island (FLIC) Competitors

First of Long Island (NASDAQ:FLIC) and Fidelity D & D Bancorp (NASDAQ:FDBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FLIC or FDBC?

First of Long Island has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fidelity D & D Bancorp. First of Long Island is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity D & D Bancorp, 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 of Long Island	$91.25M	2.47	$26.24M	$1.08	9.26
Fidelity D & D Bancorp	$105.24M	2.52	$18.21M	$2.83	16.34

Which has more risk & volatility, FLIC or FDBC?

First of Long Island has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity D & D Bancorp has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FLIC or FDBC?

48.3% of First of Long Island shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.1% of Fidelity D & D Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of First of Long Island shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.0% of Fidelity D & D Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FLIC or FDBC more profitable?

Fidelity D & D Bancorp has a net margin of 14.94% compared to First of Long Island's net margin of 14.14%. Fidelity D & D Bancorp's return on equity of 11.78% beat First of Long Island's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First of Long Island	14.14%	6.54%	0.57%
Fidelity D & D Bancorp	14.94%	11.78%	0.86%

Is FLIC or FDBC a better dividend stock?

First of Long Island pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Fidelity D & D Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. First of Long Island pays out 77.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fidelity D & D Bancorp pays out 53.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts prefer FLIC or FDBC?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First of Long Island	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Fidelity D & D Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media prefer FLIC or FDBC?

In the previous week, First of Long Island had 2 more articles in the media than Fidelity D & D Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for First of Long Island and 4 mentions for Fidelity D & D Bancorp. Fidelity D & D Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat First of Long Island's score of 0.70 indicating that Fidelity D & D Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First of Long Island	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fidelity D & D Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FLIC or FDBC?

First of Long Island received 49 more outperform votes than Fidelity D & D Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.12% of users gave Fidelity D & D Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.03% of users gave First of Long Island an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First of Long Island	Outperform Votes 205 52.03%	Underperform Votes 189 47.97%
Fidelity D & D Bancorp	Outperform Votes 156 68.12%	Underperform Votes 73 31.88%

Summary

Fidelity D & D Bancorp beats First of Long Island on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.