VABK vs. HAFC, CAC, AROW, SMBK, ALRS, SHBI, NEWT, GNTY, CARE, and CBNK
Should you be buying Virginia National Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virginia National Bankshares include Hanmi Financial (HAFC), Camden National (CAC), Arrow Financial (AROW), SmartFinancial (SMBK), Alerus Financial (ALRS), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), NewtekOne (NEWT), Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY), Carter Bankshares (CARE), and Capital Bancorp (CBNK). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Hanmi Financial (NASDAQ:HAFC) and Virginia National Bankshares (NASDAQ:VABK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Virginia National Bankshares had 2 more articles in the media than Hanmi Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Virginia National Bankshares and 1 mentions for Hanmi Financial. Hanmi Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Virginia National Bankshares' score of 0.93 indicating that Virginia National Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hanmi Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Virginia National Bankshares. Hanmi Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virginia National Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hanmi Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Virginia National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Hanmi Financial pays out 41.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Virginia National Bankshares pays out 41.5% 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. Hanmi Financial has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Virginia National Bankshares has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Hanmi Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Hanmi Financial presently has a consensus target price of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.04%. Given Virginia National Bankshares' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Hanmi Financial is more favorable than Virginia National Bankshares.
Virginia National Bankshares has a net margin of 21.09% compared to Virginia National Bankshares' net margin of 17.63%. Hanmi Financial's return on equity of 11.73% beat Virginia National Bankshares' return on equity.
88.7% of Hanmi Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Hanmi Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hanmi Financial has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virginia National Bankshares has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hanmi Financial received 326 more outperform votes than Virginia National Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Virginia National Bankshares beats Hanmi Financial on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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