ATLO vs. NKSH, FLIC, FNLC, FISI, CAC, HAFC, LCNB, FUNC, VABK, and HWBK
Should you be buying Ames National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ames National include National Bankshares (NKSH), First of Long Island (FLIC), First Bancorp (FNLC), Financial Institutions (FISI), Camden National (CAC), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), LCNB (LCNB), First United (FUNC), Virginia National Bankshares (VABK), and Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
National Bankshares (NASDAQ:NKSH) and Ames National (NASDAQ:ATLO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
National Bankshares has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ames National has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Ames National pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. National Bankshares pays out 58.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ames National pays out 89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. National Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, National Bankshares had 3 more articles in the media than Ames National. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for National Bankshares and 4 mentions for Ames National. National Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Ames National's score of 0.50 indicating that Ames National is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
29.7% of National Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.5% of Ames National shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of National Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Ames National shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
National Bankshares currently has a consensus target price of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.79%. Given Ames National's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe National Bankshares is more favorable than Ames National.
National Bankshares received 62 more outperform votes than Ames National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.80% of users gave Ames National an outperform vote while only 49.69% of users gave National Bankshares an outperform vote.
National Bankshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ames National. National Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ames National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
National Bankshares has a net margin of 23.01% compared to National Bankshares' net margin of 12.95%. Ames National's return on equity of 12.16% beat National Bankshares' return on equity.
Summary
National Bankshares beats Ames National on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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