Critical Survey: FB Bancorp (FBLA) vs. Its Peers

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

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares FB Bancorp and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
FB Bancorp	$85.90 million	-$6.21 million	81.67
FB Bancorp Competitors	$604.66 million	$154.64 million	13.37

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for FB Bancorp and its peers, 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	2166	118	2.37

As a group, “BANKS – SOUTHEAST” companies have a potential upside of 15.36%. Given FB Bancorp’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FB Bancorp has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

50.4% of shares of all “BANKS – SOUTHEAST” companies are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of FB Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of shares of all “BANKS – SOUTHEAST” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares FB Bancorp and its peers’ 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%

Summary

FB Bancorp peers 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.