JMSB vs. SSBK, LNKB, MVBF, FRBA, USCB, CIVB, BMRC, BCML, FRST, and PCB
Should you be buying John Marshall Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Marshall Bancorp include Southern States Bancshares (SSBK), LINKBANCORP (LNKB), MVB Financial (MVBF), First Bank (FRBA), USCB Financial (USCB), Civista Bancshares (CIVB), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), BayCom (BCML), Primis Financial (FRST), and PCB Bancorp (PCB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Southern States Bancshares (NASDAQ:SSBK) and John Marshall Bancorp (NASDAQ:JMSB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.
Southern States Bancshares has a beta of 0.18, suggesting that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Marshall Bancorp has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Southern States Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than John Marshall Bancorp. Southern States Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than John Marshall Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Southern States Bancshares has a net margin of 21.51% compared to Southern States Bancshares' net margin of 3.42%. John Marshall Bancorp's return on equity of 15.31% beat Southern States Bancshares' return on equity.
John Marshall Bancorp received 42 more outperform votes than Southern States Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.97% of users gave John Marshall Bancorp an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave Southern States Bancshares an outperform vote.
Southern States Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. John Marshall Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Southern States Bancshares pays out 10.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. John Marshall Bancorp pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Southern States Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, John Marshall Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Southern States Bancshares'average media sentiment score.
58.7% of Southern States Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.1% of John Marshall Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of Southern States Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.7% of John Marshall Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Southern States Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.55%. Given John Marshall Bancorp's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Southern States Bancshares is more favorable than John Marshall Bancorp.
Summary
Southern States Bancshares beats John Marshall Bancorp on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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