First Community Bankshares Dividends and Buybacks

Dividend criteria checks 5/6

First Community Bankshares is a dividend paying company with a current yield of 2.67% that is well covered by earnings. Next payment date is on 22nd November, 2024 with an ex-dividend date of 8th November, 2024.

Key information

2.7%

Dividend yield

2.6%

Buyback Yield

Total Shareholder Yield	5.3%
Future Dividend Yield	2.7%
Dividend Growth	3.0%
Next dividend pay date	22 Nov 24
Ex dividend date	08 Nov 24
Dividend per share	US$1.240
Payout ratio	44%

Recent dividend and buyback updates

First Community Bankshares (NASDAQ:FCBC) Is Paying Out A Dividend Of $0.29

Jan 27

Recent updates

First Community Bankshares (NASDAQ:FCBC) Is Paying Out A Dividend Of $0.29

Jan 27

First Community Bankshares (NASDAQ:FCBC) Has Announced A Dividend Of $0.29

Jul 29

First Community Bankshares' (NASDAQ:FCBC) Upcoming Dividend Will Be Larger Than Last Year's

Jul 30

First Community Bancshares Non-GAAP EPS of $0.67, revenue of $36.4M

Jul 26

If You Like EPS Growth Then Check Out First Community Bankshares (NASDAQ:FCBC) Before It's Too Late

Sep 28

First Community Bankshares' (NASDAQ:FCBC) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year

Aug 04

Some Shareholders May find It Hard To Increase First Community Bankshares, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:FCBC) CEO Compensation This Year

Apr 21

You Have To Love First Community Bankshares, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:FCBC) Dividend

Mar 23

What Kind Of Shareholders Hold The Majority In First Community Bankshares, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:FCBC) Shares?

Feb 25

Why You Might Be Interested In First Community Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:FCBC) For Its Upcoming Dividend

Jan 30

Shareholders Of First Community Bankshares (NASDAQ:FCBC) Must Be Happy With Their 55% Return

Jan 07

Stability and Growth of Payments

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Stable Dividend: FCBC's dividends per share have been stable in the past 10 years.

Growing Dividend: FCBC's dividend payments have increased over the past 10 years.

Dividend Yield vs Market

First Community Bankshares Dividend Yield vs Market

How does FCBC dividend yield compare to the market?
Segment	Dividend Yield
Company (FCBC)	2.7%
Market Bottom 25% (US)	1.4%
Market Top 25% (US)	4.4%
Industry Average (Banks)	2.6%
Analyst forecast (FCBC) (up to 3 years)	2.7%

Notable Dividend: FCBC's dividend (2.67%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.36%).

High Dividend: FCBC's dividend (2.67%) is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (4.3%).

Current Payout to Shareholders

Earnings Coverage: With its reasonably low payout ratio (43.9%), FCBC's dividend payments are well covered by earnings.

Future Payout to Shareholders

Future Dividend Coverage: FCBC's dividends in 3 years are forecast to be well covered by earnings (46.3% payout ratio).

First Community Bankshares Dividends and Buybacks

Dividend criteria checks 5/6

Key information

Recent dividend and buyback updates

First Community Bankshares, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on or About November 22, 2024

First Community Bankshares, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on or About August 23, 2024

First Community Bankshares, Inc. Declares a Quarterly Cash Dividend to Common Shareholders, Payable on or About May 24, 2024

Upcoming dividend of US$0.29 per share at 3.4% yield

First Community Bankshares (NASDAQ:FCBC) Is Paying Out A Dividend Of $0.29

Upcoming dividend of US$0.29 per share at 3.6% yield

Recent updates

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 15%

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

Third quarter dividend of US$0.31 announced

Third quarter 2024 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

First Community Bankshares, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on or About November 22, 2024

Second quarter dividend increased to US$0.31

Second quarter 2024 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations

First Community Bankshares, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on or About August 23, 2024

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 15%

Price target increased by 9.1% to US$36.00

First quarter dividend of US$0.29 announced

First quarter 2024 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

First Community Bankshares, Inc. Declares a Quarterly Cash Dividend to Common Shareholders, Payable on or About May 24, 2024

Price target decreased by 11% to US$33.00

First Community Bankshares, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Apr 23, 2024

Full year 2023 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

Insufficient new directors

Upcoming dividend of US$0.29 per share at 3.4% yield

First Community Bankshares (NASDAQ:FCBC) Is Paying Out A Dividend Of $0.29

Fourth quarter dividend of US$0.29 announced

Full year 2023 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

First Community Bankshares, Inc. Reports Net Charge-Offs for the Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2023

Price target increased by 17% to US$35.00

Upcoming dividend of US$0.29 per share at 3.6% yield

Third quarter 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

First Community Bankshares, Inc. Reports Net Charge-Offs for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2023

Upcoming dividend of US$0.29 per share at 3.4% yield

First Community Bankshares (NASDAQ:FCBC) Has Announced A Dividend Of $0.29

Second quarter 2023 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

First Community Bankshares, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on or About August 25, 2023

Price target increased by 12% to US$28.00

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

Upcoming dividend of US$0.29 per share at 4.9% yield

First quarter 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Upcoming dividend of US$0.29 per share at 3.6% yield

First Community Bankshares, Inc. Announces Net Charge-Offs for the Fourth Quarter of 2022

Now 22% undervalued

First Community Bankshares, Inc. (NasdaqGS:FCBC) entered into an agreement and plan of merger to acquire Surrey Bancorp (OTCPK:SRYB) for approximately $120 million.

Now 20% undervalued

Now 20% undervalued

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.81 (vs US$0.73 in 3Q 2021)

First Community Bankshares, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on or About November 18, 2022

First Community Bankshares' (NASDAQ:FCBC) Upcoming Dividend Will Be Larger Than Last Year's

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.67 (vs US$0.77 in 2Q 2021)

First Community Bankshares, Inc. Reports Charge Offs for the Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2022

First Community Bankshares, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on or about August 19, 2022

First Community Bancshares Non-GAAP EPS of $0.67, revenue of $36.4M

First Community Bankshares, Inc. (NasdaqGS : FCBC) agreed to acquire Certain Assets, Deposits and Other Liabilities of Two South Texas Branches of Investar Bank, National Association.

Independent Director recently bought US$135k worth of stock

Price target decreased to US$32.00

First Community Bankshares, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on May 6, 2022

Price target decreased to US$32.00

Full year 2021 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Upcoming dividend of US$0.27 per share

Full year 2021 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Insufficient new directors

Independent Director exercised options to buy US$164k worth of stock.

Independent Director exercised options to buy US$164k worth of stock.

Chairman & CEO exercised options to buy US$317k worth of stock.

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$0.73 (vs US$0.47 in 3Q 2020)

If You Like EPS Growth Then Check Out First Community Bankshares (NASDAQ:FCBC) Before It's Too Late

First Community Bankshares' (NASDAQ:FCBC) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$0.77 (vs US$0.47 in 2Q 2020)

Consensus forecasts updated

First quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$0.83 (vs US$0.44 in 1Q 2020)

First Community Bankshares, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on or About May 21, 2021

Some Shareholders May find It Hard To Increase First Community Bankshares, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:FCBC) CEO Compensation This Year

You Have To Love First Community Bankshares, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:FCBC) Dividend

First Community Bankshares, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Apr 27, 2021