ATLO vs. HTBK, PGC, THFF, FMNB, CCNE, EBTC, NRIM, FISI, BSRR, and BMRC
Should you be buying Ames National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ames National include Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC), First Financial (THFF), Farmers National Banc (FMNB), CNB Financial (CCNE), Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC), Northrim BanCorp (NRIM), Financial Institutions (FISI), Sierra Bancorp (BSRR), and Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Ames National vs.
Heritage Commerce (NASDAQ:HTBK) and Ames National (NASDAQ:ATLO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Ames National had 6 more articles in the media than Heritage Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ames National and 1 mentions for Heritage Commerce. Ames National's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Heritage Commerce's score of 1.20 indicating that Ames National is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Heritage Commerce has a net margin of 17.61% compared to Ames National's net margin of 9.75%. Heritage Commerce's return on equity of 6.37% beat Ames National's return on equity.
Heritage Commerce has higher revenue and earnings than Ames National. Heritage Commerce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ames National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Heritage Commerce presently has a consensus target price of $11.75, suggesting a potential upside of 27.16%. Given Heritage Commerce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Heritage Commerce is more favorable than Ames National.
Heritage Commerce received 203 more outperform votes than Ames National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.25% of users gave Heritage Commerce an outperform vote while only 54.49% of users gave Ames National an outperform vote.
75.6% of Heritage Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.5% of Ames National shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of Heritage Commerce shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Ames National shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Heritage Commerce has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ames National has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Heritage Commerce pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Ames National pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Heritage Commerce pays out 73.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ames National pays out 80.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Heritage Commerce is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Heritage Commerce beats Ames National on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ATLO) was last updated on 1/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff