HNVR vs. ORRF, SMBC, FSBC, SPFI, SMBK, CBNK, ALRS, MPB, QD, and SHBI
Should you be buying Hanover Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hanover Bancorp include Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), Five Star Bancorp (FSBC), South Plains Financial (SPFI), SmartFinancial (SMBK), Capital Bancorp (CBNK), Alerus Financial (ALRS), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), Qudian (QD), and Shore Bancshares (SHBI). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Hanover Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Hanover Bancorp (NASDAQ:HNVR) and Orrstown Financial Services (NASDAQ:ORRF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Hanover Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Orrstown Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Hanover Bancorp pays out 30.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Orrstown Financial Services pays out 53.1% 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. Orrstown Financial Services has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Orrstown Financial Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Orrstown Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than Hanover Bancorp. Orrstown Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hanover Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hanover Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.17%. Orrstown Financial Services has a consensus price target of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.40%. Given Orrstown Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Orrstown Financial Services is more favorable than Hanover Bancorp.
15.0% of Hanover Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.3% of Orrstown Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. 23.9% of Hanover Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Orrstown Financial Services shares are held by 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.
Hanover Bancorp has a beta of 0.07, meaning that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orrstown Financial Services has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Orrstown Financial Services has a net margin of 9.74% compared to Hanover Bancorp's net margin of 6.58%. Orrstown Financial Services' return on equity of 14.35% beat Hanover Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, Hanover Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Orrstown Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Hanover Bancorp and 0 mentions for Orrstown Financial Services. Hanover Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.11 equaled Orrstown Financial Services'average media sentiment score.
Summary
Orrstown Financial Services beats Hanover Bancorp on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HNVR) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
