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National Bankshares (NKSH) Competitors

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$29.27
+0.69 (+2.41%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

NKSH vs. HWBK, LCNB, SFST, CBNK, GLG, CPF, HBNC, MBWM, HAFC, and GSBC

Should you be buying National Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Bankshares include Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK), LCNB (LCNB), Southern First Bancshares (SFST), Capital Bancorp (CBNK), TD (GLG), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), and Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

National Bankshares vs.

National Bankshares (NASDAQ:NKSH) and Hawthorn Bancshares (NASDAQ:HWBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and profitability.

National Bankshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hawthorn Bancshares. National Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawthorn Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
National Bankshares$68.19M2.73$15.69M$1.4520.19
Hawthorn Bancshares$99.50M1.97$960K$0.9031.20

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
National Bankshares
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Hawthorn Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Hawthorn Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. National Bankshares pays out 100.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hawthorn Bancshares pays out 84.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

National Bankshares has a net margin of 11.44% compared to Hawthorn Bancshares' net margin of 5.67%. National Bankshares' return on equity of 6.11% beat Hawthorn Bancshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
National Bankshares11.44% 6.11% 0.51%
Hawthorn Bancshares 5.67%4.54%0.34%

In the previous week, Hawthorn Bancshares had 9 more articles in the media than National Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Hawthorn Bancshares and 2 mentions for National Bankshares. National Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Hawthorn Bancshares' score of -0.14 indicating that National Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
National Bankshares
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hawthorn Bancshares
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

National Bankshares received 43 more outperform votes than Hawthorn Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.97% of users gave Hawthorn Bancshares an outperform vote while only 50.12% of users gave National Bankshares an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
National BanksharesOutperform Votes
201
50.12%
Underperform Votes
200
49.88%
Hawthorn BancsharesOutperform Votes
158
63.97%
Underperform Votes
89
36.03%

29.7% of National Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of Hawthorn Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of National Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of Hawthorn Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

National Bankshares has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawthorn Bancshares has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

National Bankshares beats Hawthorn Bancshares on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NKSH vs. The Competition

MetricNational BanksharesNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$186.16M$21.02B$10.51B$8.53B
Dividend Yield4.85%3.38%10.00%4.14%
P/E Ratio20.1925.5243.3115.12
Price / Sales2.732.323,256.7893.03
Price / Cash10.1110.0030.1334.05
Price / Book1.231.173.985.02
Net Income$15.69M$2.24B$992.99M$225.46M
7 Day Performance1.81%1.19%-0.36%0.37%
1 Month Performance2.16%4.53%0.25%3.57%
1 Year Performance21.55%29.90%22.86%29.42%

National Bankshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NKSH
National Bankshares
4.0793 of 5 stars
$29.27
+2.4%
N/A+26.0%$186.16M$68.19M20.19220Positive News
HWBK
Hawthorn Bancshares
1.0723 of 5 stars
$28.08
-1.3%
N/A+63.0%$196.28M$99.50M31.20276Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
LCNB
LCNB
3.97 of 5 stars
$16.06
+2.4%
N/A+14.6%$227.28M$76.65M31.49310Positive News
SFST
Southern First Bancshares
3.7403 of 5 stars
$38.09
-0.3%
$44.00
+15.5%
+41.8%$310.62M$87.85M22.02296Positive News
CBNK
Capital Bancorp
4.562 of 5 stars
$25.64
+1.5%
$27.67
+7.9%
+28.2%$356.65M$208.18M11.00270Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
GLG
TD
N/AN/AN/AN/A$11.09M$156.84M0.0058High Trading Volume
CPF
Central Pacific Financial
4.3269 of 5 stars
$27.09
+0.6%
$24.00
-11.4%
+68.3%$733.06M$329.32M12.90696Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
HBNC
Horizon Bancorp
4.7733 of 5 stars
$16.11
+0.6%
$16.00
-0.7%
+70.1%$704.17M$324.30M34.28818Analyst Upgrade
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
2.8156 of 5 stars
$43.21
+0.8%
$52.00
+20.3%
+31.1%$697.32M$229.89M8.68670
HAFC
Hanmi Financial
4.5935 of 5 stars
$22.92
+0.2%
$22.63
-1.3%
+55.0%$693.79M$403.51M11.02615Short Interest ↓
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
2.4461 of 5 stars
$57.16
+0.8%
$52.00
-9.0%
+15.6%$667.63M$326.91M11.211,352Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:NKSH) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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