OVBC vs. UNB, RNDB, CIZN, FFNW, WASH, THFF, SPFI, CCNE, SMMF, and FFIC
Should you be buying Ohio Valley Banc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ohio Valley Banc include Union Bankshares (UNB), Randolph Bancorp (RNDB), Citizens (CIZN), First Financial Northwest (FFNW), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), First Financial (THFF), South Plains Financial (SPFI), CNB Financial (CCNE), Summit Financial Group (SMMF), and Flushing Financial (FFIC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Ohio Valley Banc (NASDAQ:OVBC) and Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:UNB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
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 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.
Ohio Valley Banc has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Union Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Union Bankshares has a net margin of 15.19% compared to Ohio Valley Banc's net margin of 14.70%. Union Bankshares' return on equity of 17.85% beat Ohio Valley Banc's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ohio Valley Banc and Ohio Valley Banc both had 5 articles in the media. Ohio Valley Banc's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Union Bankshares' 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.
Summary
Ohio Valley Banc beats Union Bankshares on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Ohio Valley Banc News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for OVBC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding OVBC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Ohio Valley Banc Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
