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Southern National Bancorp of Virginia (SONA) Competitors

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SONA vs. CIVB, CZNC, INBK, SMMF, CSTR, AMAL, SBSI, OBK, OBNK, and CTBI

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 Civista Bancshares (CIVB), Citizens & Northern (CZNC), First Internet Bancorp (INBK), Summit Financial Group (SMMF), CapStar Financial (CSTR), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), and Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI).

Southern National Bancorp of Virginia vs.

Civista Bancshares (NASDAQ:CIVB) and Southern National Bancorp of Virginia (NASDAQ:SONA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.

Southern National Bancorp of Virginia has a net margin of 17.12% compared to Civista Bancshares' net margin of 13.12%. Civista Bancshares' return on equity of 8.46% beat Southern National Bancorp of Virginia's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Civista Bancshares13.12% 8.46% 0.80%
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia 17.12%7.23%0.94%

Civista Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $20.25, suggesting a potential downside of 0.54%. Given Civista Bancshares' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Civista Bancshares is more favorable than Southern National Bancorp of Virginia.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Civista Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Civista Bancshares received 88 more outperform votes than Southern National Bancorp of Virginia when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.26% of users gave Civista Bancshares an outperform vote while only 41.49% of users gave Southern National Bancorp of Virginia an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Civista BancsharesOutperform Votes
261
58.26%
Underperform Votes
187
41.74%
Southern National Bancorp of VirginiaOutperform Votes
173
41.49%
Underperform Votes
244
58.51%

Civista Bancshares has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern National Bancorp of Virginia has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Civista Bancshares 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 Civista Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Civista Bancshares$219.90M1.46$42.96M$2.0110.13
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia$133.11M2.06$33.17M$1.487.58

In the previous week, Civista Bancshares had 18 more articles in the media than Southern National Bancorp of Virginia. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Civista Bancshares and 1 mentions for Southern National Bancorp of Virginia. Civista Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Southern National Bancorp of Virginia's score of 0.00 indicating that Civista Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Civista Bancshares
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

52.1% of Civista Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of Southern National Bancorp of Virginia shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Civista Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Southern National Bancorp of Virginia shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Civista Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Southern National Bancorp of Virginia pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Civista Bancshares pays out 31.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southern National Bancorp of Virginia pays out 27.0% 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. Civista Bancshares has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Southern National Bancorp of Virginia is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Civista Bancshares beats Southern National Bancorp of Virginia on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SONA vs. The Competition

MetricSouthern National Bancorp of VirginiaState Commercial Banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$274.21M$3.05B$10.45B$8.53B
Dividend Yield2.65%3.71%10.20%4.14%
P/E Ratio11.8116.1243.2515.09
Price / Sales2.062.493,252.5396.92
Price / Cash7.4510.2530.0834.07
Price / Book0.721.193.975.02
Net Income$33.17M$405.86M$992.99M$225.46M

Southern National Bancorp of Virginia Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SONA
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia
N/A$11.22
-0.1%
N/A+19.1%$274.21M$133.11M11.81350Analyst Forecast
CIVB
Civista Bancshares
4.5822 of 5 stars
$18.57
+4.1%
$18.25
-1.7%
+40.2%$292.05M$151.19M8.68538Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
CZNC
Citizens & Northern
4.0665 of 5 stars
$19.05
+0.2%
N/A+5.5%$292.91M$103.80M12.45404Short Interest ↓
INBK
First Internet Bancorp
3.5866 of 5 stars
$36.10
+2.7%
$42.88
+18.8%
+113.3%$312.99M$265.57M16.95290Short Interest ↑
SMMF
Summit Financial Group
N/A$25.70
-2.5%
N/A+20.0%$377.28M$263.42M6.62496High Trading Volume
CSTR
CapStar Financial
N/A$20.10
flat
N/A+33.7%$418.36M$112.03M12.80360Analyst Forecast
AMAL
Amalgamated Financial
2.3738 of 5 stars
$34.63
+2.6%
$32.17
-7.1%
+81.8%$1.06B$299.21M10.72380Insider Selling
News Coverage
SBSI
Southside Bancshares
3.8879 of 5 stars
$32.85
+1.1%
$37.00
+12.6%
+20.2%$994.37M$395.58M11.86815
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.1721 of 5 stars
$31.88
+2.1%
$35.75
+12.1%
+5.8%$992.74M$581.73M13.121,041
OBNK
Origin Bancorp
N/A$31.21
-0.4%
N/A+5.7%$960.68M$347.14M9.721,011Gap Up
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
3.3099 of 5 stars
$52.42
+2.3%
$52.00
-0.8%
+39.3%$946.18M$326.31M11.91930Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:SONA) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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