MVBF vs. BSRR, FRME, OBK, OCFC, STEL, THFF, TRST, WSFS, FCF, and TMP
Should you be buying Mvb Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mvb Financial include Sierra Bancorp (BSRR), First Merchants (FRME), Origin Bancorp (OBK), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Stellarone (STEL), First Financial Corporation Indiana (THFF), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), WSFS Financial (WSFS), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), and Tompkins Financial (TMP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Mvb Financial vs. Its Competitors
Mvb Financial (NASDAQ:MVBF) and Sierra Bancorp (NASDAQ:BSRR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
Mvb Financial currently has a consensus price target of $26.75, indicating a potential upside of 9.01%. Sierra Bancorp has a consensus price target of $33.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.20%. Given Mvb Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Mvb Financial is more favorable than Sierra Bancorp.
Sierra Bancorp has a net margin of 19.92% compared to Mvb Financial's net margin of 8.68%. Sierra Bancorp's return on equity of 11.38% beat Mvb Financial's return on equity.
Mvb Financial has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sierra Bancorp has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mvb Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Sierra Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Mvb Financial pays out 46.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sierra Bancorp pays out 35.5% 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. Sierra Bancorp has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Sierra Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Mvb Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Sierra Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Mvb Financial and 3 mentions for Sierra Bancorp. Sierra Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Mvb Financial's score of 0.41 indicating that Sierra Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
52.7% of Mvb Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Sierra Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of Mvb Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Sierra Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sierra Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mvb Financial. Sierra Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mvb Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Sierra Bancorp beats Mvb Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MVBF) was last updated on 7/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
