AUBN vs. SBFG, EBMT, PEBK, MBCN, BWFG, SBNY, BMRC, JMSB, LNKB, and FRBA
Should you be buying Auburn National Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Auburn National Bancorporation include SB Financial Group (SBFG), Eagle Bancorp Montana (EBMT), Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (PEBK), Middlefield Banc (MBCN), Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG), Signature Bank (SBNY), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), John Marshall Bancorp (JMSB), LINKBANCORP (LNKB), and First Bank (FRBA). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
SB Financial Group (NASDAQ:SBFG) and Auburn National Bancorporation (NASDAQ:AUBN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Auburn National Bancorporation had 1 more articles in the media than SB Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Auburn National Bancorporation and 3 mentions for SB Financial Group. SB Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Auburn National Bancorporation's score of 0.82 indicating that Auburn National Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
66.7% of SB Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of Auburn National Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of SB Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.4% of Auburn National Bancorporation shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SB Financial Group has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Auburn National Bancorporation has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SB Financial Group received 69 more outperform votes than Auburn National Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.22% of users gave Auburn National Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 41.25% of users gave SB Financial Group an outperform vote.
SB Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Auburn National Bancorporation. SB Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Auburn National Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Auburn National Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. SB Financial Group pays out 32.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Auburn National Bancorporation pays out 469.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SB Financial Group has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Auburn National Bancorporation has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Auburn National Bancorporation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
SB Financial Group has a net margin of 15.47% compared to SB Financial Group's net margin of 2.47%. Auburn National Bancorporation's return on equity of 10.00% beat SB Financial Group's return on equity.
Summary
SB Financial Group beats Auburn National Bancorporation on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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