FDBC vs. FNLC, FISI, PFIS, FLIC, SFST, SASR, OCFC, BFC, FBMS, and AMTB
Should you be buying Fidelity D & D Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fidelity D & D Bancorp include First Bancorp (FNLC), Financial Institutions (FISI), Peoples Financial Services (PFIS), First of Long Island (FLIC), Southern First Bancshares (SFST), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Bank First (BFC), First Bancshares (FBMS), and Amerant Bancorp (AMTB). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
First Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNLC) and Fidelity D & D Bancorp (NASDAQ:FDBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.
In the previous week, Fidelity D & D Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than First Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Fidelity D & D Bancorp and 3 mentions for First Bancorp. First Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Fidelity D & D Bancorp's score of 0.53 indicating that Fidelity D & D Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
40.4% of First Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.1% of Fidelity D & D Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of First Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.0% of Fidelity D & D Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
First Bancorp has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity D & D Bancorp has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Fidelity D & D Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. First Bancorp pays out 56.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity D & D Bancorp pays out 53.7% 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. First Bancorp has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Fidelity D & D Bancorp has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years.
First Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity D & D Bancorp. First Bancorp 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.
First Bancorp received 34 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 62.30% of users gave First Bancorp an outperform vote.
First Bancorp has a net margin of 18.41% compared to First Bancorp's net margin of 14.94%. First Bancorp's return on equity of 11.78% beat Fidelity D & D Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
Fidelity D & D Bancorp beats First Bancorp on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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