WMPN vs. VBNK, FBIZ, MFH, FFWM, XYF, HIVE, CARE, MSBI, BWB, and BSVN
Should you be buying William Penn Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of William Penn Bancorporation include VersaBank (VBNK), First Business Financial Services (FBIZ), Mercurity Fintech (MFH), First Foundation (FFWM), X Financial (XYF), HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), Carter Bankshares (CARE), Midland States Bancorp (MSBI), Bridgewater Bancshares (BWB), and Bank7 (BSVN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
William Penn Bancorporation vs.
VersaBank (NASDAQ:VBNK) and William Penn Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WMPN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
VersaBank received 6 more outperform votes than William Penn Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave William Penn Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 64.29% of users gave VersaBank an outperform vote.
VersaBank pays an annual dividend of $0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. William Penn Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. VersaBank pays out 6.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. William Penn Bancorporation pays out -100.0% 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. William Penn Bancorporation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
VersaBank has higher revenue and earnings than William Penn Bancorporation. William Penn Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VersaBank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
VersaBank has a net margin of 13.52% compared to William Penn Bancorporation's net margin of -2.90%. VersaBank's return on equity of 11.20% beat William Penn Bancorporation's return on equity.
56.9% of VersaBank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.2% of William Penn Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of VersaBank shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of William Penn Bancorporation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
VersaBank has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, William Penn Bancorporation has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, VersaBank had 3 more articles in the media than William Penn Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for VersaBank and 0 mentions for William Penn Bancorporation. VersaBank's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat William Penn Bancorporation's score of 0.00 indicating that VersaBank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
VersaBank currently has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.72%. Given VersaBank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe VersaBank is more favorable than William Penn Bancorporation.
Summary
VersaBank beats William Penn Bancorporation on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WMPN) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
