Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AUB or ALLY?

78.6% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Ally Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ally Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate AUB or ALLY?

Atlantic Union Bankshares presently has a consensus target price of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.99%. Ally Financial has a consensus target price of $42.14, indicating a potential upside of 20.89%. Given Ally Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ally Financial is more favorable than Atlantic Union Bankshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atlantic Union Bankshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Ally Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.41

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AUB or ALLY?

Ally Financial received 745 more outperform votes than Atlantic Union Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.26% of users gave Ally Financial an outperform vote while only 63.64% of users gave Atlantic Union Bankshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Atlantic Union Bankshares	Outperform Votes 21 63.64%	Underperform Votes 12 36.36%
Ally Financial	Outperform Votes 766 64.26%	Underperform Votes 426 35.74%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, AUB or ALLY?

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
Atlantic Union Bankshares	$777.34M	4.37	$201.82M	$2.41	15.70
Ally Financial	$8.95B	1.19	$1.02B	$2.50	13.94

Is AUB or ALLY a better dividend stock?

Atlantic Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Ally Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays out 56.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ally Financial pays out 48.0% 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.

Is AUB or ALLY more profitable?

Atlantic Union Bankshares has a net margin of 16.25% compared to Ally Financial's net margin of 10.84%. Atlantic Union Bankshares' return on equity of 8.85% beat Ally Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atlantic Union Bankshares	16.25%	8.85%	1.09%
Ally Financial	10.84%	8.39%	0.51%

Does the media refer more to AUB or ALLY?

In the previous week, Ally Financial had 6 more articles in the media than Atlantic Union Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ally Financial and 7 mentions for Atlantic Union Bankshares. Atlantic Union Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Ally Financial's score of 0.86 indicating that Atlantic Union Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Atlantic Union Bankshares	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Ally Financial	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, AUB or ALLY?

Atlantic Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ally Financial has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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