SHBI vs. PFHD, CBNK, LCNB, ATLO, NKSH, NWBI, NBHC, CASH, FCF, and WABC
Should you be buying Shore Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shore Bancshares include Professional (PFHD), Capital Bancorp (CBNK), LCNB (LCNB), Ames National (ATLO), National Bankshares (NKSH), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), National Bank (NBHC), Pathward Financial (CASH), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), and Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Shore Bancshares (NASDAQ:SHBI) and Professional (NASDAQ:PFHD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
Shore Bancshares received 167 more outperform votes than Professional when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.92% of users gave Shore Bancshares an outperform vote while only 45.00% of users gave Professional an outperform vote.
Professional has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Shore Bancshares. Professional is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shore Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Shore Bancshares has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Professional has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Professional had 9 more articles in the media than Shore Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Professional and 1 mentions for Shore Bancshares. Shore Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Professional's score of 0.00 indicating that Shore Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Shore Bancshares currently has a consensus target price of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 28.21%. Given Shore Bancshares' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Shore Bancshares is more favorable than Professional.
59.8% of Shore Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of Professional shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Shore Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Professional shares are held 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.
Professional has a net margin of 20.67% compared to Shore Bancshares' net margin of 5.66%. Professional's return on equity of 10.57% beat Shore Bancshares' return on equity.
Summary
Shore Bancshares beats Professional on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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