UNB vs. OVBC, CBFV, FRAF, CIZN, FFNW, SMMF, FFIC, MPB, RBB, and MOFG
Should you be buying Union Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Union Bankshares include Ohio Valley Banc (OVBC), CB Financial Services (CBFV), Franklin Financial Services (FRAF), Citizens (CIZN), First Financial Northwest (FFNW), Summit Financial Group (SMMF), Flushing Financial (FFIC), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), RBB Bancorp (RBB), and MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Ohio Valley Banc (NASDAQ:OVBC) and Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:UNB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
22.1% of Ohio Valley Banc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.8% of Union Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Ohio Valley Banc shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Union Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Union Bankshares has a net margin of 15.19% compared to Union Bankshares' net margin of 14.70%. Ohio Valley Banc's return on equity of 17.85% beat Union Bankshares' return on equity.
Union Bankshares received 127 more outperform votes than Ohio Valley Banc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.42% of users gave Union Bankshares an outperform vote while only 32.46% of users gave Ohio Valley Banc an outperform vote.
Ohio Valley Banc has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ohio Valley Banc has higher revenue and earnings than Union Bankshares. Union Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ohio Valley Banc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ohio Valley Banc and Ohio Valley Banc both had 5 articles in the media. Union Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Ohio Valley Banc's score of 0.96 indicating that Ohio Valley Banc is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ohio Valley Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Ohio Valley Banc pays out 36.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Union Bankshares pays out 60.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Ohio Valley Banc has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Union Bankshares has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Union Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Ohio Valley Banc beats Union Bankshares on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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