BRBS vs. BOTJ, CIZN, BAFN, FUSB, PBHC, AUBN, BKSC, UBCP, BMTX, and GLBZ
Should you be buying Blue Ridge Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blue Ridge Bankshares include Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ), Citizens (CIZN), BayFirst Financial (BAFN), First US Bancshares (FUSB), Pathfinder Bancorp (PBHC), Auburn National Bancorporation (AUBN), Bank of South Carolina (BKSC), United Bancorp (UBCP), BM Technologies (BMTX), and Glen Burnie Bancorp (GLBZ). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Blue Ridge Bankshares (NASDAQ:BRBS) and Bank of the James Financial Group (NASDAQ:BOTJ) 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, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and dividends.
Bank of the James Financial Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Blue Ridge Bankshares. Blue Ridge Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of the James Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Blue Ridge Bankshares has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of the James Financial Group has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
50.5% of Blue Ridge Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.5% of Bank of the James Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of Blue Ridge Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of Bank of the James Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bank of the James Financial Group has a net margin of 16.45% compared to Blue Ridge Bankshares' net margin of -35.41%. Bank of the James Financial Group's return on equity of 16.31% beat Blue Ridge Bankshares' return on equity.
Bank of the James Financial Group received 78 more outperform votes than Blue Ridge Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.50% of users gave Bank of the James Financial Group an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Blue Ridge Bankshares an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Bank of the James Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Blue Ridge Bankshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Bank of the James Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Bank of the James Financial Group beats Blue Ridge Bankshares on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Blue Ridge Bankshares News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BRBS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BRBS 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.
Blue Ridge Bankshares Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
