OVBC vs. CBNK, VBNK, TCBX, UNTY, YRD, BSVN, HIVE, LSAK, JFIN, and GNTY
Should you be buying Ohio Valley Banc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ohio Valley Banc include Capital Bancorp (CBNK), VersaBank (VBNK), Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX), Unity Bancorp (UNTY), Yiren Digital (YRD), Bank7 (BSVN), HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), Lesaka Technologies (LSAK), Jiayin Group (JFIN), and Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Ohio Valley Banc vs.
Ohio Valley Banc (NASDAQ:OVBC) and Capital Bancorp (NASDAQ:CBNK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.
Capital Bancorp has a consensus price target of $29.33, indicating a potential upside of 0.91%. Given Capital Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Capital Bancorp is more favorable than Ohio Valley Banc.
Ohio Valley Banc has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Bancorp has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Capital Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Ohio Valley Banc. Ohio Valley Banc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Capital Bancorp received 31 more outperform votes than Ohio Valley Banc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.57% of users gave Capital Bancorp an outperform vote while only 28.68% of users gave Ohio Valley Banc an outperform vote.
22.1% of Ohio Valley Banc shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.1% of Capital Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Ohio Valley Banc shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.5% of Capital Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Capital Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Ohio Valley Banc. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Capital Bancorp and 4 mentions for Ohio Valley Banc. Capital Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Ohio Valley Banc's score of 0.27 indicating that Capital Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ohio Valley Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Capital Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Ohio Valley Banc pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital Bancorp pays out 17.2% 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.
Capital Bancorp has a net margin of 14.49% compared to Ohio Valley Banc's net margin of 13.66%. Capital Bancorp's return on equity of 12.66% beat Ohio Valley Banc's return on equity.
Summary
Capital Bancorp beats Ohio Valley Banc on 18 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Ohio Valley Banc News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for OVBC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Ohio Valley Banc Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (NASDAQ:OVBC) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
