FMNB vs. OFG, CHCO, FBNC, LKFN, FCF, NBHC, SASR, HOPE, SRCE, and STBA
Should you be buying Farmers National Banc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Farmers National Banc include OFG Bancorp (OFG), City (CHCO), First Bancorp (FBNC), Lakeland Financial (LKFN), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), National Bank (NBHC), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), 1st Source (SRCE), and S&T Bancorp (STBA). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Farmers National Banc vs.
OFG Bancorp (NYSE:OFG) and Farmers National Banc (NASDAQ:FMNB) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
OFG Bancorp has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Farmers National Banc has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
OFG Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Farmers National Banc. OFG Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Farmers National Banc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
OFG Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Farmers National Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. OFG Bancorp pays out 24.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Farmers National Banc pays out 55.3% 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.
92.7% of OFG Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.7% of Farmers National Banc shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of OFG Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Farmers National Banc shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Farmers National Banc had 2 more articles in the media than OFG Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Farmers National Banc and 3 mentions for OFG Bancorp. Farmers National Banc's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat OFG Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Farmers National Banc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
OFG Bancorp received 102 more outperform votes than Farmers National Banc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.70% of users gave OFG Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.35% of users gave Farmers National Banc an outperform vote.
OFG Bancorp has a net margin of 22.68% compared to Farmers National Banc's net margin of 17.26%. OFG Bancorp's return on equity of 15.69% beat Farmers National Banc's return on equity.
OFG Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $49.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.46%. Farmers National Banc has a consensus price target of $16.67, suggesting a potential upside of 23.37%. Given Farmers National Banc's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Farmers National Banc is more favorable than OFG Bancorp.
Summary
OFG Bancorp beats Farmers National Banc on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FMNB) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
