AUBN vs. COFS, SFST, PCB, INBK, ONIT, JMSB, LNKB, BRBS, FRST, and OPRT
Should you be buying Auburn National Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Auburn National Bancorporation include ChoiceOne Financial Services (COFS), Southern First Bancshares (SFST), PCB Bancorp (PCB), First Internet Bancorp (INBK), Onity Group (ONIT), John Marshall Bancorp (JMSB), LINKBANCORP (LNKB), Blue Ridge Bankshares (BRBS), Primis Financial (FRST), and Oportun Financial (OPRT). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Auburn National Bancorporation vs.
Auburn National Bancorporation (NASDAQ:AUBN) and ChoiceOne Financial Services (NASDAQ:COFS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.
Auburn National Bancorporation has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ChoiceOne Financial Services has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ChoiceOne Financial Services has a consensus price target of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.22%. Given ChoiceOne Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ChoiceOne Financial Services is more favorable than Auburn National Bancorporation.
39.5% of Auburn National Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.9% of ChoiceOne Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. 24.4% of Auburn National Bancorporation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of ChoiceOne Financial Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Auburn National Bancorporation and Auburn National Bancorporation both had 1 articles in the media. Auburn National Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat ChoiceOne Financial Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Auburn National Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ChoiceOne Financial Services has a net margin of 19.21% compared to Auburn National Bancorporation's net margin of 2.43%. ChoiceOne Financial Services' return on equity of 12.44% beat Auburn National Bancorporation's return on equity.
Auburn National Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. ChoiceOne Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Auburn National Bancorporation pays out 58.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ChoiceOne Financial Services pays out 34.4% 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. ChoiceOne Financial Services has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
Auburn National Bancorporation received 68 more outperform votes than ChoiceOne Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave ChoiceOne Financial Services an outperform vote while only 57.85% of users gave Auburn National Bancorporation an outperform vote.
ChoiceOne Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than Auburn National Bancorporation. ChoiceOne Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Auburn National Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
ChoiceOne Financial Services beats Auburn National Bancorporation on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AUBN) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
