FUNC vs. VABK, NKSH, HWBK, ATLO, UBFO, LCNB, FNCB, MRBK, LARK, and CFBK
Should you be buying First United stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First United include Virginia National Bankshares (VABK), National Bankshares (NKSH), Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK), Ames National (ATLO), United Security Bancshares (UBFO), LCNB (LCNB), FNCB Bancorp (FNCB), Meridian (MRBK), Landmark Bancorp (LARK), and CF Bankshares (CFBK). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
First United (NASDAQ:FUNC) and Virginia National Bankshares (NASDAQ:VABK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Virginia National Bankshares has a net margin of 21.09% compared to First United's net margin of 13.82%. Virginia National Bankshares' return on equity of 11.91% beat First United's return on equity.
Virginia National Bankshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First United. Virginia National Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First United, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First United pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Virginia National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. First United pays out 37.2% 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.
First United received 134 more outperform votes than Virginia National Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users.
33.3% of First United shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of First United shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
First United has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virginia National Bankshares has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Virginia National Bankshares had 1 more articles in the media than First United. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Virginia National Bankshares and 4 mentions for First United. Virginia National Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat First United's score of 0.61 indicating that Virginia National Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Virginia National Bankshares beats First United on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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