CBFV vs. FRAF, UNB, OVBC, HNVR, FCCO, EBMT, RMBI, MNSB, FXNC, and FINW
Should you be buying CB Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CB Financial Services include Franklin Financial Services (FRAF), Union Bankshares (UNB), Ohio Valley Banc (OVBC), Hanover Bancorp (HNVR), First Community (FCCO), Eagle Bancorp Montana (EBMT), Richmond Mutual Bancorporation (RMBI), MainStreet Bancshares (MNSB), First National (FXNC), and FinWise Bancorp (FINW). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Franklin Financial Services (NASDAQ:FRAF) and CB Financial Services (NASDAQ:CBFV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
Franklin Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. CB Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Franklin Financial Services pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CB Financial Services pays out 22.7% 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. CB Financial Services has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
24.8% of Franklin Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.1% of CB Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.9% of Franklin Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of CB Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CB Financial Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Franklin Financial Services. CB Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CB Financial Services received 135 more outperform votes than Franklin Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users.
CB Financial Services has a consensus target price of $24.33, indicating a potential upside of 6.87%. Given Franklin Financial Services' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CB Financial Services is more favorable than Franklin Financial Services.
In the previous week, CB Financial Services had 2 more articles in the media than Franklin Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CB Financial Services and 1 mentions for Franklin Financial Services. Franklin Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat CB Financial Services' score of -1.00 indicating that CB Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CB Financial Services has a net margin of 25.36% compared to CB Financial Services' net margin of 13.69%. CB Financial Services' return on equity of 10.91% beat Franklin Financial Services' return on equity.
Franklin Financial Services has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CB Financial Services has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CB Financial Services beats Franklin Financial Services on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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