Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB) Competitors

Ally Financial (NYSE:ALLY) and Atlantic Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:AUB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk & volatility, ALLY or AUB?

Ally Financial has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlantic Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ALLY or AUB?

Ally Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Atlantic Union Bankshares. Ally Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlantic Union Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ally Financial	$8.18B	1.40	$668M	$2.60	14.43
Atlantic Union Bankshares	$811.90M	3.90	$209.13M	$2.29	15.39

Do analysts recommend ALLY or AUB?

Ally Financial presently has a consensus target price of $43.76, suggesting a potential upside of 16.67%. Atlantic Union Bankshares has a consensus target price of $44.40, suggesting a potential upside of 26.01%. Given Atlantic Union Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Atlantic Union Bankshares is more favorable than Ally Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ally Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42
Atlantic Union Bankshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ALLY or AUB?

Ally Financial received 751 more outperform votes than Atlantic Union Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.29% of users gave Ally Financial an outperform vote while only 63.89% of users gave Atlantic Union Bankshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ally Financial	Outperform Votes 774 64.29%	Underperform Votes 430 35.71%
Atlantic Union Bankshares	Outperform Votes 23 63.89%	Underperform Votes 13 36.11%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ALLY or AUB?

88.8% of Ally Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ally Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ALLY or AUB more profitable?

Atlantic Union Bankshares has a net margin of 15.53% compared to Ally Financial's net margin of 11.29%. Ally Financial's return on equity of 9.31% beat Atlantic Union Bankshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ally Financial	11.29%	9.31%	0.57%
Atlantic Union Bankshares	15.53%	8.50%	1.06%

Does the media refer more to ALLY or AUB?

In the previous week, Ally Financial had 19 more articles in the media than Atlantic Union Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Ally Financial and 3 mentions for Atlantic Union Bankshares. Atlantic Union Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Ally Financial's score of 0.48 indicating that Atlantic Union Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ally Financial	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Atlantic Union Bankshares	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ALLY or AUB a better dividend stock?

Ally Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Ally Financial pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays out 59.4% 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. Atlantic Union Bankshares has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Atlantic Union Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Ally Financial beats Atlantic Union Bankshares on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.