SONA vs. AMAL, PFC, CNOB, CTBI, SBSI, FMBH, UVSP, NBN, OSBC, and BFST
Should you be buying Southern National Bancorp of Virginia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southern National Bancorp of Virginia include Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Premier Financial (PFC), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Univest Financial (UVSP), Northeast Bank (NBN), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), and Business First Bancshares (BFST). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia vs.
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia (NASDAQ:SONA) and Amalgamated Financial (NASDAQ:AMAL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Amalgamated Financial has a net margin of 24.50% compared to Southern National Bancorp of Virginia's net margin of 17.12%. Amalgamated Financial's return on equity of 16.49% beat Southern National Bancorp of Virginia's return on equity.
Amalgamated Financial has a consensus target price of $38.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.26%. Given Amalgamated Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amalgamated Financial is more favorable than Southern National Bancorp of Virginia.
Amalgamated Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Southern National Bancorp of Virginia. Southern National Bancorp of Virginia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amalgamated Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia received 80 more outperform votes than Amalgamated Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.36% of users gave Amalgamated Financial an outperform vote while only 40.05% of users gave Southern National Bancorp of Virginia an outperform vote.
77.2% of Southern National Bancorp of Virginia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Southern National Bancorp of Virginia shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amalgamated Financial has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Amalgamated Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Southern National Bancorp of Virginia. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Amalgamated Financial and 0 mentions for Southern National Bancorp of Virginia. Amalgamated Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat Southern National Bancorp of Virginia's score of 0.00 indicating that Amalgamated Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Amalgamated Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Southern National Bancorp of Virginia pays out 27.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amalgamated Financial pays out 16.2% 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.
Summary
Amalgamated Financial beats Southern National Bancorp of Virginia on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SONA) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
