Critical Survey: FB Bancorp (FBLA) versus Its Rivals

FB Bancorp (NASDAQ:FBLA) is one of 87 publicly-traded companies in the “BANKS – SOUTHEAST” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare FB Bancorp to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares FB Bancorp and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
FB Bancorp	$85.90 million	-$6.21 million	81.67
FB Bancorp Competitors	$602.79 million	$154.64 million	13.37

FB Bancorp’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than FB Bancorp. FB Bancorp is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

50.4% of shares of all “BANKS – SOUTHEAST” companies are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of FB Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of shares of all “BANKS – SOUTHEAST” companies are owned by company 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.

Profitability

This table compares FB Bancorp and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FB Bancorp	-3.08%	-0.81%	-0.22%
FB Bancorp Competitors	16.58%	9.98%	1.05%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for FB Bancorp and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FB Bancorp	1	0	0	0	1.00
FB Bancorp Competitors	469	2423	2165	118	2.37

As a group, “BANKS – SOUTHEAST” companies have a potential upside of 15.44%. Given FB Bancorp’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FB Bancorp has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

FB Bancorp competitors beat FB Bancorp on 11 of the 12 factors compared.

About FB Bancorp

FB Bancorp Inc. operates as a bank holding company for Fidelity Bank. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides deposit accounts, mortgages, home equity and consumer loans, credit and debit cards, online and mobile banking, investments and other financial services. FB Bancorp Inc. is based in New Orleans.