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SB Financial Group (SBFG) Competitors

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$20.91 -1.39 (-6.23%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

SBFG vs. SMBK, SHBI, MSBI, HONE, PFIS, ALRS, QD, HIVE, GCBC, and MPB

Should you be buying SB Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SB Financial Group include SmartFinancial (SMBK), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), Midland States Bancorp (MSBI), HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), Peoples Financial Services (PFIS), Alerus Financial (ALRS), Qudian (QD), HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), Greene County Bancorp (GCBC), and Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

SB Financial Group vs.

SB Financial Group (NASDAQ:SBFG) and SmartFinancial (NASDAQ:SMBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.

SmartFinancial has higher revenue and earnings than SB Financial Group. SB Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SmartFinancial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SB Financial Group$56.60M2.46$12.10M$1.7412.02
SmartFinancial$163.79M3.25$28.59M$1.9416.23

SB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. SmartFinancial pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. SB Financial Group pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SmartFinancial pays out 16.5% 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. SB Financial Group has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. SB Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, SmartFinancial had 1 more articles in the media than SB Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for SmartFinancial and 1 mentions for SB Financial Group. SmartFinancial's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat SB Financial Group's score of 0.00 indicating that SmartFinancial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SB Financial Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
SmartFinancial
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

SB Financial Group has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SmartFinancial has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

SB Financial Group has a net margin of 14.53% compared to SmartFinancial's net margin of 11.88%. SB Financial Group's return on equity of 9.42% beat SmartFinancial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SB Financial Group14.53% 9.42% 0.88%
SmartFinancial 11.88%6.81%0.66%

66.7% of SB Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.8% of SmartFinancial shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of SB Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of SmartFinancial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

SmartFinancial received 53 more outperform votes than SB Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.18% of users gave SmartFinancial an outperform vote while only 39.60% of users gave SB Financial Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SB Financial GroupOutperform Votes
139
39.60%
Underperform Votes
212
60.40%
SmartFinancialOutperform Votes
192
58.18%
Underperform Votes
138
41.82%

SmartFinancial has a consensus target price of $29.50, indicating a potential downside of 6.29%. Given SmartFinancial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SmartFinancial is more favorable than SB Financial Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SB Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
SmartFinancial
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Summary

SmartFinancial beats SB Financial Group on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SBFG vs. The Competition

MetricSB Financial GroupState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$139.09M$3.10B$10.99B$9.07B
Dividend Yield2.56%3.54%9.85%4.22%
P/E Ratio12.0216.5628.5417.19
Price / Sales2.463.2848.61116.80
Price / Cash9.1111.2830.3437.86
Price / Book1.141.262.734.78
Net Income$12.10M$406.76M$1.03B$225.60M
7 Day Performance-3.82%-4.75%-2.89%-1.24%
1 Month Performance0.77%-4.99%-2.86%3.36%
1 Year Performance37.57%14.26%11.28%16.58%

SB Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SBFG
SB Financial Group
3.7627 of 5 stars
$20.91
-6.2%
N/A+36.2%$139.09M$56.60M12.02270High Trading Volume
SMBK
SmartFinancial
2.1723 of 5 stars
$34.21
+0.6%
$29.50
-13.8%
+27.3%$579.04M$163.79M17.54550
SHBI
Shore Bancshares
2.7183 of 5 stars
$17.17
+1.3%
$20.00
+16.5%
+15.2%$572.23M$197.90M13.59610
MSBI
Midland States Bancorp
4.6938 of 5 stars
$26.48
+0.1%
$27.33
+3.2%
-8.6%$566.67M$470.89M11.45970Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
HONE
HarborOne Bancorp
2.8188 of 5 stars
$12.85
+0.1%
$13.00
+1.2%
+1.4%$566.04M$286.14M45.86640Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
PFIS
Peoples Financial Services
1.8295 of 5 stars
$56.49
+1.0%
$50.00
-11.5%
+8.7%$564.62M$113.63M54.02400
ALRS
Alerus Financial
4.4581 of 5 stars
$22.09
+0.2%
$23.20
+5.0%
-8.8%$559.72M$170.07M137.75840Analyst Revision
Positive News
QD
Qudian
1.4908 of 5 stars
$2.71
-3.6%
N/A+46.0%$543.63M$17.79M70.25940News Coverage
HIVE
HIVE Digital Technologies
3.3052 of 5 stars
$3.99
+4.7%
$7.40
+85.5%
-24.8%$537.16M$124.87M-29.4320Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
GCBC
Greene County Bancorp
3.3742 of 5 stars
$31.25
-0.4%
N/A+3.0%$532.09M$65.02M21.63210
MPB
Mid Penn Bancorp
3.7945 of 5 stars
$31.32
+1.6%
$36.00
+14.9%
+23.1%$520.54M$171.75M10.59620Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:SBFG) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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