UNB vs. LDI, QD, SMBK, HONE, HKD, SHBI, MSBI, PFIS, ALRS, and FFWM
Should you be buying Union Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Union Bankshares include loanDepot (LDI), Qudian (QD), SmartFinancial (SMBK), HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), AMTD Digital (HKD), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), Midland States Bancorp (MSBI), Peoples Financial Services (PFIS), Alerus Financial (ALRS), and First Foundation (FFWM). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Union Bankshares vs.
Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:UNB) and loanDepot (NYSE:LDI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk and profitability.
Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, loanDepot has a beta of 3.41, meaning that its stock price is 241% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Union Bankshares received 173 more outperform votes than loanDepot when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.40% of users gave Union Bankshares an outperform vote while only 35.80% of users gave loanDepot an outperform vote.
Union Bankshares has a net margin of 11.74% compared to loanDepot's net margin of -8.95%. Union Bankshares' return on equity of 13.09% beat loanDepot's return on equity.
Union Bankshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than loanDepot. loanDepot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Union Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Union Bankshares had 4 more articles in the media than loanDepot. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Union Bankshares and 3 mentions for loanDepot. Union Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat loanDepot's score of 0.41 indicating that Union Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
14.8% of Union Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of loanDepot shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Union Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 83.0% of loanDepot shares are owned 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.
loanDepot has a consensus target price of $2.60, indicating a potential upside of 46.48%. Given loanDepot's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe loanDepot is more favorable than Union Bankshares.
Summary
Union Bankshares beats loanDepot on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:UNB) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
