AFBI vs. GNTY, GCBC, VBNK, FBIZ, MFH, FFWM, XYF, HIVE, CARE, and MSBI
Should you be buying Affinity Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Affinity Bancshares include Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY), Greene County Bancorp (GCBC), VersaBank (VBNK), First Business Financial Services (FBIZ), Mercurity Fintech (MFH), First Foundation (FFWM), X Financial (XYF), HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), Carter Bankshares (CARE), and Midland States Bancorp (MSBI). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Affinity Bancshares vs.
Affinity Bancshares (NASDAQ:AFBI) and Guaranty Bancshares (NASDAQ:GNTY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
Guaranty Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Affinity Bancshares. Guaranty Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Affinity Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
39.3% of Affinity Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of Guaranty Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of Affinity Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.4% of Guaranty Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Guaranty Bancshares received 225 more outperform votes than Affinity Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.99% of users gave Guaranty Bancshares an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Affinity Bancshares an outperform vote.
Affinity Bancshares has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guaranty Bancshares has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Guaranty Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than Affinity Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Guaranty Bancshares and 0 mentions for Affinity Bancshares. Affinity Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Guaranty Bancshares' score of -1.00 indicating that Affinity Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Guaranty Bancshares has a consensus target price of $37.33, indicating a potential downside of 7.06%. Given Guaranty Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Guaranty Bancshares is more favorable than Affinity Bancshares.
Guaranty Bancshares has a net margin of 17.15% compared to Affinity Bancshares' net margin of 10.88%. Guaranty Bancshares' return on equity of 10.13% beat Affinity Bancshares' return on equity.
Summary
Guaranty Bancshares beats Affinity Bancshares on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AFBI) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
