UNB vs. MPB, YRD, SHBI, ALRS, LDI, HKD, HONE, CBNK, PFIS, and BCAL
Should you be buying Union Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Union Bankshares include Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), Yiren Digital (YRD), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), Alerus Financial (ALRS), loanDepot (LDI), AMTD Digital (HKD), HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), Capital Bancorp (CBNK), Peoples Financial Services (PFIS), and Southern California Bancorp (BCAL). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Union Bankshares vs.
Mid Penn Bancorp (NASDAQ:MPB) and Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:UNB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
43.1% of Mid Penn Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.8% of Union Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.7% of Mid Penn Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Union Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Mid Penn Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Union Bankshares. Mid Penn Bancorp 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 2 more articles in the media than Mid Penn Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Union Bankshares and 0 mentions for Mid Penn Bancorp. Mid Penn Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Union Bankshares' score of 0.20 indicating that Mid Penn Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Union Bankshares received 89 more outperform votes than Mid Penn Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.03% of users gave Union Bankshares an outperform vote while only 57.65% of users gave Mid Penn Bancorp an outperform vote.
Mid Penn Bancorp has a net margin of 15.99% compared to Union Bankshares' net margin of 11.74%. Union Bankshares' return on equity of 13.09% beat Mid Penn Bancorp's return on equity.
Mid Penn Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $36.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.59%. Given Mid Penn Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Mid Penn Bancorp is more favorable than Union Bankshares.
Mid Penn Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Mid Penn Bancorp pays out 27.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Union Bankshares pays out 74.2% 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.
Mid Penn Bancorp has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Mid Penn Bancorp beats Union Bankshares on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:UNB) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
