FGBI vs. HTBI, NFBK, KRNY, NRIM, FMAO, SBT, WSBF, PDLB, CVLY, and BCBP
Should you be buying First Guaranty Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Guaranty Bancshares include HomeTrust Bancshares (HTBI), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Northrim BanCorp (NRIM), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), Sterling Bancorp (SBT), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Ponce Financial Group (PDLB), Codorus Valley Bancorp (CVLY), and BCB Bancorp (BCBP). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
HomeTrust Bancshares (NASDAQ:HTBI) and First Guaranty Bancshares (NASDAQ:FGBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
HomeTrust Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. First Guaranty Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. HomeTrust Bancshares pays out 12.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Guaranty Bancshares pays out 130.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. HomeTrust Bancshares has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
HomeTrust Bancshares received 46 more outperform votes than First Guaranty Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.43% of users gave First Guaranty Bancshares an outperform vote while only 55.26% of users gave HomeTrust Bancshares an outperform vote.
HomeTrust Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than First Guaranty Bancshares. HomeTrust Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Guaranty Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HomeTrust Bancshares has a net margin of 20.87% compared to HomeTrust Bancshares' net margin of 3.94%. First Guaranty Bancshares' return on equity of 11.86% beat HomeTrust Bancshares' return on equity.
60.9% of HomeTrust Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of First Guaranty Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 13.2% of HomeTrust Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.4% of First Guaranty Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, HomeTrust Bancshares had 4 more articles in the media than First Guaranty Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for HomeTrust Bancshares and 1 mentions for First Guaranty Bancshares. First Guaranty Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat HomeTrust Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that HomeTrust Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HomeTrust Bancshares has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Guaranty Bancshares has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
HomeTrust Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.89%. First Guaranty Bancshares has a consensus target price of $11.25, indicating a potential upside of 9.01%. Given First Guaranty Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HomeTrust Bancshares is more favorable than First Guaranty Bancshares.
Summary
HomeTrust Bancshares beats First Guaranty Bancshares on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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