PBHC vs. AUBN, FUSB, VBFC, BAFN, BRBS, BKSC, BOTJ, CIZN, UBCP, and SBFG
Should you be buying Pathfinder Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pathfinder Bancorp include Auburn National Bancorporation (AUBN), First US Bancshares (FUSB), Village Bank and Trust Financial (VBFC), BayFirst Financial (BAFN), Blue Ridge Bankshares (BRBS), Bank of South Carolina (BKSC), Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ), Citizens (CIZN), United Bancorp (UBCP), and SB Financial Group (SBFG). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Auburn National Bancorporation (NASDAQ:AUBN) and Pathfinder Bancorp (NASDAQ:PBHC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Auburn National Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Pathfinder Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Auburn National Bancorporation pays out 469.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pathfinder Bancorp pays out 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Auburn National Bancorporation has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Pathfinder Bancorp has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Auburn National Bancorporation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Pathfinder Bancorp received 48 more outperform votes than Auburn National Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.22% of users gave Auburn National Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 63.10% of users gave Pathfinder Bancorp an outperform vote.
39.5% of Auburn National Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.7% of Pathfinder Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.4% of Auburn National Bancorporation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of Pathfinder Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Pathfinder Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Auburn National Bancorporation. Pathfinder Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Auburn National Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Auburn National Bancorporation had 5 more articles in the media than Pathfinder Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Auburn National Bancorporation and 1 mentions for Pathfinder Bancorp. Auburn National Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Pathfinder Bancorp's score of 0.62 indicating that Pathfinder Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Auburn National Bancorporation has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pathfinder Bancorp has a beta of 0.15, indicating that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pathfinder Bancorp has a net margin of 12.76% compared to Pathfinder Bancorp's net margin of 4.44%. Auburn National Bancorporation's return on equity of 8.05% beat Pathfinder Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
Auburn National Bancorporation and Pathfinder Bancorp tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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