Ohio Valley Banc (OVBC) Competitors

Ohio Valley Banc (NASDAQ:OVBC) and Greene County Bancorp (NASDAQ:GCBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Is OVBC or GCBC a better dividend stock?

Ohio Valley Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Greene County Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Ohio Valley Banc pays out 37.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greene County Bancorp pays out 23.2% 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. Greene County Bancorp has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in OVBC or GCBC?

22.1% of Ohio Valley Banc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of Greene County Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Ohio Valley Banc shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Greene County Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is OVBC or GCBC more profitable?

Greene County Bancorp has a net margin of 21.02% compared to Ohio Valley Banc's net margin of 12.37%. Greene County Bancorp's return on equity of 12.55% beat Ohio Valley Banc's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ohio Valley Banc	12.37%	7.44%	0.77%
Greene County Bancorp	21.02%	12.55%	0.91%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OVBC or GCBC?

Greene County Bancorp received 48 more outperform votes than Ohio Valley Banc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.69% of users gave Greene County Bancorp an outperform vote while only 28.14% of users gave Ohio Valley Banc an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ohio Valley Banc	Outperform Votes 74 28.14%	Underperform Votes 189 71.86%
Greene County Bancorp	Outperform Votes 122 51.69%	Underperform Votes 114 48.31%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, OVBC or GCBC?

Greene County Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Ohio Valley Banc. Ohio Valley Banc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greene County Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ohio Valley Banc	$88.93M	1.39	$11M	$2.32	11.31
Greene County Bancorp	$117.57M	3.93	$24.77M	$1.55	17.52

Does the media prefer OVBC or GCBC?

In the previous week, Ohio Valley Banc had 3 more articles in the media than Greene County Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ohio Valley Banc and 1 mentions for Greene County Bancorp. Ohio Valley Banc's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Greene County Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Ohio Valley Banc is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ohio Valley Banc	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Greene County Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, OVBC or GCBC?

Ohio Valley Banc has a beta of 0.06, indicating that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greene County Bancorp has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Greene County Bancorp beats Ohio Valley Banc on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.