OVBC vs. CBFV, HNVR, MNSB, EBMT, UNB, CFFI, RMBI, FCCO, FRAF, and FXNC
Should you be buying Ohio Valley Banc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ohio Valley Banc include CB Financial Services (CBFV), Hanover Bancorp (HNVR), MainStreet Bancshares (MNSB), Eagle Bancorp Montana (EBMT), Union Bankshares (UNB), C&F Financial (CFFI), Richmond Mutual Bancorporation (RMBI), First Community (FCCO), Franklin Financial Services (FRAF), and First National (FXNC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Ohio Valley Banc (NASDAQ:OVBC) and CB Financial Services (NASDAQ:CBFV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
CB Financial Services has a consensus target price of $24.33, indicating a potential upside of 8.73%. Given CB Financial Services' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CB Financial Services is more favorable than Ohio Valley Banc.
Ohio Valley Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. CB Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Ohio Valley Banc pays out 36.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CB Financial Services pays out 22.7% 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. CB Financial Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
CB Financial Services received 61 more outperform votes than Ohio Valley Banc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 39.94% of users gave CB Financial Services an outperform vote while only 32.89% of users gave Ohio Valley Banc an outperform vote.
CB Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than Ohio Valley Banc. CB Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ohio Valley Banc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
22.1% of Ohio Valley Banc shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.1% of CB Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Ohio Valley Banc shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of CB Financial Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, CB Financial Services had 9 more articles in the media than Ohio Valley Banc. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for CB Financial Services and 5 mentions for Ohio Valley Banc. Ohio Valley Banc's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat CB Financial Services' score of 0.74 indicating that Ohio Valley Banc is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CB Financial Services has a net margin of 25.36% compared to Ohio Valley Banc's net margin of 14.70%. CB Financial Services' return on equity of 9.45% beat Ohio Valley Banc's return on equity.
Ohio Valley Banc has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CB Financial Services has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CB Financial Services beats Ohio Valley Banc on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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