ATLO vs. NKSH, FLIC, FNLC, FISI, CAC, HAFC, LCNB, VABK, FUNC, and SFST
Should you be buying Ames National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ames National include National Bankshares (NKSH), First of Long Island (FLIC), First Bancorp (FNLC), Financial Institutions (FISI), Camden National (CAC), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), LCNB (LCNB), Virginia National Bankshares (VABK), First United (FUNC), and Southern First Bancshares (SFST). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
National Bankshares (NASDAQ:NKSH) and Ames National (NASDAQ:ATLO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
National Bankshares has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ames National has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, National Bankshares and National Bankshares both had 7 articles in the media. National Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Ames National's score of -0.31 indicating that Ames National is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
29.7% of National Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.5% of Ames National shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of National Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Ames National shares are owned 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.
National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Ames National pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. National Bankshares pays out 69.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Ames National has raised 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.
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.
National Bankshares received 70 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.
National Bankshares currently has a consensus price target of $31.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.49%. Given Ames National's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe National Bankshares is more favorable than Ames National.
National Bankshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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