Here's What You May Have Missed About First Community(FCCO)

By Emilio Sanchez • Monday, April 24 12:04 • Permanent Link

More and more people are talking about First Community over the last few weeks. Is it worth buying the Banking stock at a price of $20.45? Only time will tell. The information below will give you a basic idea of what this investment may entail:

First Community has moved -0.1% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of -3.8%
FCCO has an average analyst rating of buy and is -9.11% away from its mean target price of $22.5 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $1.91
First Community has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 10.7 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $1.94 and its forward P/E ratio is 10.5
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.3 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
First Community is part of the Finance sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 14.34 and an average P/B of 1.57
First Community Corporation operates as the bank holding company for First Community Bank which offers various commercial and retail banking products and services to small-to-medium sized businesses, professionals, and individuals.

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