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How to buy First Guaranty Bancshares stock (FGBI)

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First Guaranty Bancshares is a banks - regional business based in the US. First Guaranty Bancshares shares (FGBI) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $10.47 – a decrease of 3.32% over the previous week. First Guaranty Bancshares employs 486 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $95.5 million.

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First Guaranty Bancshares stock price (NASDAQ: FGBI)

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First Guaranty Bancshares shares at a glance

Information last updated 2025-01-09.
Latest market close$10.47
52-week range$8.32 - $15.24
50-day moving average $12.12
200-day moving average $10.72
Wall St. target price$12.75
PE ratio 12.7738
Dividend yield $0.56 (3.82%)
Earnings per share (TTM) $0.84

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First Guaranty Bancshares price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $10.73 from 2025-01-08

1 week (2025-01-03) -0.92%
1 month (2024-12-11) -16.37%
3 months (2024-10-11) 1.51%
6 months (2024-07-11) 17.40%
1 year (2024-01-11) -9.38%
2 years (2023-01-11) -50.33%
3 years (2022-01-11) 18.6346
5 years (2020-01-10) 16.3403

Is First Guaranty Bancshares stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing First Guaranty Bancshares stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of First Guaranty Bancshares's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

First Guaranty Bancshares's P/E ratio

First Guaranty Bancshares's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 13x. In other words, First Guaranty Bancshares shares trade at around 13x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

First Guaranty Bancshares financials

Revenue TTM $95.5 million
Operating margin TTM 11.23%
Gross profit TTM $107.4 million
Return on assets TTM 0.35%
Return on equity TTM 5.15%
Profit margin 13.34%
Book value $17.86
Market Capitalization $134.2 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

First Guaranty Bancshares share dividends

49%

Dividend payout ratio: 48.81% of net profits

Recently First Guaranty Bancshares has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), First Guaranty Bancshares shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In First Guaranty Bancshares's case, that would currently equate to about $0.56 per share.

While First Guaranty Bancshares's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that First Guaranty Bancshares may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

First Guaranty Bancshares's most recent dividend payout was on 30 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 26 December 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have First Guaranty Bancshares's shares ever split?

First Guaranty Bancshares's shares were split on a 11:10 basis on 13 December 2021 . So if you had owned 10 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 11 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your First Guaranty Bancshares shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 9.1% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for First Guaranty Bancshares shares which in turn could have impacted First Guaranty Bancshares's share price.

First Guaranty Bancshares share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, First Guaranty Bancshares's shares have ranged in value from as little as $8.3237 up to $15.2369. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while First Guaranty Bancshares's is 0.319. This would suggest that First Guaranty Bancshares's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

First Guaranty Bancshares overview

First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company for First Guaranty Bank that provides commercial banking services in Louisiana and Texas. It offers various deposit products, including personal and business checking, savings, money market, and demand accounts, as well as time deposits to consumers, small businesses, and municipalities. The company provides loans, such as non-farm, non-residential loans secured by real estate, commercial and industrial loans, one- to four-family residential loans, multifamily loans, construction and land development loans, agricultural loans, farmland loans, and consumer and other loans to small to medium-sized businesses and professionals, and individuals. In addition, it offers a range of consumer services, including credit cards, mobile deposit capture, safe deposit boxes, official checks, online and mobile banking, automated teller machines, and online bill pay; provides additional solutions, such as merchant services, remote deposit capture, and lockbox services to business customers; and invests a portion of its assets in securities issued by the United States Government and its agencies, state and municipal obligations, corporate debt securities, mutual funds, and equity securities, as well as invests in mortgage-backed securities primarily issued or guaranteed by United States Government agencies or enterprises. First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Hammond, Louisiana.

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of First Guaranty Bancshares is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 51.912% of First Guaranty Bancshares shares are held by insiders and 6.776% by institutions.
How many people work for First Guaranty Bancshares?
Latest data suggests 486 work at First Guaranty Bancshares.
When does the fiscal year end for First Guaranty Bancshares?
First Guaranty Bancshares's fiscal year ends in December.
Where is First Guaranty Bancshares based?
First Guaranty Bancshares's address is: 400 East Thomas Street, Hammond, LA, United States, 70401
What is First Guaranty Bancshares's ISIN number?
First Guaranty Bancshares's international securities identification number is: US32043P1066
What is First Guaranty Bancshares's CUSIP number?
First Guaranty Bancshares's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 32043P106

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