OPHC vs. VABK, OPBK, FCCO, MYFW, BKKT, ISTR, BVFL, FSFG, MRBK, and HNVR
Should you be buying OptimumBank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OptimumBank include Virginia National Bankshares (VABK), OP Bancorp (OPBK), First Community (FCCO), First Western Financial (MYFW), Bakkt (BKKT), Investar (ISTR), BV Financial (BVFL), First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), Meridian (MRBK), and Hanover Bancorp (HNVR). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
OptimumBank vs.
OptimumBank (NASDAQ:OPHC) and Virginia National Bankshares (NASDAQ:VABK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.
OptimumBank presently has a consensus target price of $5.25, suggesting a potential upside of 20.69%. Given OptimumBank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe OptimumBank is more favorable than Virginia National Bankshares.
Virginia National Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than OptimumBank. OptimumBank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virginia National Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, OptimumBank had 3 more articles in the media than Virginia National Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for OptimumBank and 1 mentions for Virginia National Bankshares. Virginia National Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat OptimumBank's score of 0.18 indicating that Virginia National Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Virginia National Bankshares has a net margin of 20.32% compared to OptimumBank's net margin of 19.62%. OptimumBank's return on equity of 14.10% beat Virginia National Bankshares' return on equity.
OptimumBank received 84 more outperform votes than Virginia National Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users.
OptimumBank has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virginia National Bankshares has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
7.4% of OptimumBank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.9% of OptimumBank shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Virginia National Bankshares beats OptimumBank on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:OPHC) was last updated on 3/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
