NKSH vs. ATLO, LCNB, HWBK, SFST, CBNK, FCBC, UVSP, HFWA, MBWM, and GSBC
Should you be buying National Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Bankshares include Ames National (ATLO), LCNB (LCNB), Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK), Southern First Bancshares (SFST), Capital Bancorp (CBNK), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Univest Financial (UVSP), Heritage Financial (HFWA), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), and Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Ames National (NASDAQ:ATLO) and National Bankshares (NASDAQ:NKSH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
National Bankshares has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.78%. Given Ames National's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe National Bankshares is more favorable than Ames National.
National Bankshares received 73 more outperform votes than Ames National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.80% of users gave Ames National an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave National Bankshares an outperform vote.
Ames National pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Ames National pays out 97.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. National Bankshares pays out 64.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ames National has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Ames National is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Ames National has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Bankshares has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
National Bankshares has a net margin of 19.00% compared to National Bankshares' net margin of 11.49%. Ames National's return on equity of 10.17% beat National Bankshares' return on equity.
26.5% of Ames National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.7% of National Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Ames National shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of National Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Ames National had 1 more articles in the media than National Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ames National and 3 mentions for National Bankshares. National Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Ames National's score of 0.54 indicating that Ames National is being referred to more favorably in the media.
National Bankshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ames National. National Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ames National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
National Bankshares beats Ames National on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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