UNB vs. CBFV, FRAF, OVBC, HNVR, FCCO, RMBI, EBMT, MNSB, FINW, and FXNC
Should you be buying Union Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Union Bankshares include CB Financial Services (CBFV), Franklin Financial Services (FRAF), Ohio Valley Banc (OVBC), Hanover Bancorp (HNVR), First Community (FCCO), Richmond Mutual Bancorporation (RMBI), Eagle Bancorp Montana (EBMT), MainStreet Bancshares (MNSB), FinWise Bancorp (FINW), and First National (FXNC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
CB Financial Services (NASDAQ:CBFV) and Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:UNB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and risk.
CB Financial Services presently has a consensus target price of $24.33, indicating a potential upside of 6.87%. Given Union Bankshares' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CB Financial Services is more favorable than Union Bankshares.
CB Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than Union Bankshares. CB Financial Services 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 1 more articles in the media than CB Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Union Bankshares and 3 mentions for CB Financial Services. CB Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Union Bankshares' score of 0.62 indicating that Union Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CB Financial Services has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
33.1% of CB Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.8% of Union Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of CB Financial Services 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Union Bankshares received 66 more outperform votes than CB Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.81% of users gave Union Bankshares an outperform vote while only 39.71% of users gave CB Financial Services an outperform vote.
CB Financial Services has a net margin of 25.36% compared to CB Financial Services' net margin of 15.19%. CB Financial Services' return on equity of 17.85% beat Union Bankshares' return on equity.
CB Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. CB Financial Services pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Union Bankshares pays out 60.8% 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. CB Financial Services has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Union Bankshares has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Union Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Union Bankshares beats CB Financial Services on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Union Bankshares News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for UNB and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding UNB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Union Bankshares Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
