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VersaBank (VBNK) Competitors

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C$13.38 -0.16 (-1.18%)
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VBNK vs. HUT, SII, PTS, WED, ML, GRN, WFC, CARE, BITF, and CFW

Should you be buying VersaBank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VersaBank include Hut 8 (HUT), Sprott (SII), Points.com (PTS), Westaim (WED), Millennial Lithium (ML), Greenlane Renewables Inc. (GRN.V) (GRN), Wall Financial (WFC), Dialogue Health Technologies (CARE), Bitfarms (BITF), and Calfrac Well Services (CFW). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

VersaBank vs.

VersaBank (TSE:VBNK) and Hut 8 (TSE:HUT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.

21.6% of VersaBank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.2% of Hut 8 shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.8% of VersaBank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 60.2% of Hut 8 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Hut 8 received 12 more outperform votes than VersaBank when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VersaBankOutperform Votes
3
75.00%
Underperform Votes
1
25.00%
Hut 8Outperform Votes
15
75.00%
Underperform Votes
5
25.00%

Hut 8 has a net margin of 135.55% compared to VersaBank's net margin of 19.94%. Hut 8's return on equity of 40.91% beat VersaBank's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
VersaBank19.94% 9.95% 1.10%
Hut 8 135.55%40.91%-4.25%

VersaBank has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hut 8 has a beta of 3.45, indicating that its share price is 245% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, VersaBank and VersaBank both had 1 articles in the media. Hut 8's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat VersaBank's score of 0.00 indicating that Hut 8 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
VersaBank Neutral
Hut 8 Positive

VersaBank presently has a consensus price target of C$17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.06%. Given VersaBank's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe VersaBank is more favorable than Hut 8.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
VersaBank
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Hut 8
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00

Hut 8 has lower revenue, but higher earnings than VersaBank. Hut 8 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VersaBank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
VersaBankC$248.46M1.74C$49.54MC$1.548.70
Hut 8C$142.55M7.17C$193.22MC$4.093.76

Summary

Hut 8 beats VersaBank on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VBNK vs. The Competition

MetricVersaBankBanks IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$432.98MC$6.11BC$3.66BC$5.48B
Dividend Yield0.52%4.26%4.20%6.84%
P/E Ratio8.708.0713.9530.33
Price / Sales1.7439.431,654.21545.49
Price / CashN/A14.2550.1982.93
Price / Book0.870.573.323.53
Net IncomeC$49.54MC$16.75BC$1.23BC$299.64M
7 Day Performance-3.32%1.54%5.25%2.24%
1 Month Performance-9.84%-1.40%4.89%-2.58%
1 Year Performance0.68%16.32%8.93%10.27%

VersaBank Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VBNK
VersaBank
2.3903 of 5 stars
C$13.38
-1.2%
C$17.00
+27.1%
+2.1%C$432.98MC$248.46M8.70100Gap Down
HUT
Hut 8
N/AC$15.81
-2.9%
N/A+59.4%C$1.05BC$142.55M3.87219Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Gap Down
SII
Sprott
0.7168 of 5 stars
C$56.42
-2.3%
C$69.75
+23.6%
+24.3%C$1.01BC$114.38M21.99170High Trading Volume
PTS
Points.com
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$480.57MC$432.40M169.26240,000
WED
Westaim
0.177 of 5 stars
C$29.92
+2.5%
C$7.75
-74.1%
+733.5%C$442.04MC$10.20M67.693,240Gap Down
ML
Millennial Lithium
N/AC$4.04
+2.0%
N/A+0.0%C$395.36MN/A-20.20560Gap Down
GRN
Greenlane Renewables Inc. (GRN.V)
0.057 of 5 stars
C$2.78
+16.3%
C$0.05
-98.2%
+0.0%C$368.17MC$16.93M-102.9649Positive News
Gap Up
WFC
Wall Financial
N/AC$11.35
+0.5%
N/A-37.9%C$364.29MC$193.65M14.67238,000
CARE
Dialogue Health Technologies
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$345.36MC$95.88M-17.13730
BITF
Bitfarms
2.2703 of 5 stars
C$0.98
-7.5%
C$3.75
+282.7%
-53.9%C$343.71MC$159.92M-2.21110Gap Down
CFW
Calfrac Well Services
3.8923 of 5 stars
C$3.27
+0.3%
C$4.83
+47.8%
-24.5%C$280.14MC$1.61B9.99730Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
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This page (TSE:VBNK) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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