SMBK vs. INTR, FINV, CIFR, PWP, MBIN, CASH, HUT, NTB, WULF, and BTDR
Should you be buying SmartFinancial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SmartFinancial include Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), FinVolution Group (FINV), Cipher Mining (CIFR), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), Pathward Financial (CASH), Hut 8 (HUT), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), TeraWulf (WULF), and Bitdeer Technologies Group (BTDR). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
SmartFinancial vs.
Inter & Co, Inc. (NASDAQ:INTR) and SmartFinancial (NASDAQ:SMBK) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
SmartFinancial has a net margin of 12.67% compared to Inter & Co, Inc.'s net margin of 11.74%. Inter & Co, Inc.'s return on equity of 10.06% beat SmartFinancial's return on equity.
Inter & Co, Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than SmartFinancial. Inter & Co, Inc. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SmartFinancial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Inter & Co, Inc. has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SmartFinancial has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SmartFinancial received 181 more outperform votes than Inter & Co, Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.31% of users gave SmartFinancial an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Inter & Co, Inc. an outperform vote.
Inter & Co, Inc. currently has a consensus price target of $7.48, indicating a potential upside of 44.17%. SmartFinancial has a consensus price target of $30.70, indicating a potential downside of 11.98%. Given Inter & Co, Inc.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Inter & Co, Inc. is more favorable than SmartFinancial.
In the previous week, Inter & Co, Inc. and Inter & Co, Inc. both had 1 articles in the media. Inter & Co, Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat SmartFinancial's score of 0.00 indicating that Inter & Co, Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Inter & Co, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. SmartFinancial pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Inter & Co, Inc. pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SmartFinancial pays out 15.0% 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.
22.9% of Inter & Co, Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.8% of SmartFinancial shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of SmartFinancial 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.
Summary
Inter & Co, Inc. and SmartFinancial tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SMBK) was last updated on 2/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
