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The price of First Community Bankshares Inc (NASDAQ: FCBC) closed at $41.79 in the last session, up 1.93% from day before closing price of $41.0. In other words, the price has increased by $1.93 from its previous closing price. On the day, 71394.0 shares were traded. FCBC stock price reached its highest trading level at $41.87 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $40.65.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at FCBC’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.00 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.00.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Hovde Group on June 28, 2024, initiated with a Market Perform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $38.
Piper Sandler Downgraded its Overweight to Neutral on January 31, 2022, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $37 to $35.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 12 ’24 when Brown David D sold 2,520 shares for $48.00 per share. The transaction valued at 120,960 led to the insider holds 12,676 shares of the business.
Brown David D sold 1,830 shares of FCBC for $87,068 on Nov 11 ’24. The Chief Financial Officer now owns 12,676 shares after completing the transaction at $47.58 per share. On Nov 08 ’24, another insider, BELCHER JASON R, who serves as the SVP-Chief Admin Officer of the company, sold 6,384 shares for $46.49 each. As a result, the insider received 296,792 and left with 15,317 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, FCBC now has a Market Capitalization of 763883584 and an Enterprise Value of 302219456. As of this moment, First’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 15.20, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 15.61. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.11 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.54. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.859.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for FCBC is 0.63, which has changed by 0.16666663 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12792087 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, FCBC has reached a high of $46.72, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $33.86. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 8.49%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 4.21%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, FCBC traded on average about 50.77K shares per day over the past 3-months and 86540 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 18.33M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 15.35M. Insiders hold about 16.00% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 36.23% stake in the company. Shares short for FCBC as of 1749772800 were 164588 with a Short Ratio of 3.24, compared to 1747267200 on 166503. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 164588 and a Short% of Float of 0.98.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for FCBC is 1.21, which was 1.24 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.030243903The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.58. The current Payout Ratio is 42.86% for FCBC, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-05-09 with an ex-dividend date of 1746748800. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2003-07-30 when the company split stock in a 11:10 ratio.
