SmartFinancial (SMBK) Competitors

$23.00
+0.11 (+0.48%)
(As of 05/17/2024 ET)

SMBK vs. SHBI, AROW, ALRS, GNTY, NEWT, CARE, CAC, CBNK, FDBC, and FISI

Should you be buying SmartFinancial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SmartFinancial include Shore Bancshares (SHBI), Arrow Financial (AROW), Alerus Financial (ALRS), Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY), NewtekOne (NEWT), Carter Bankshares (CARE), Camden National (CAC), Capital Bancorp (CBNK), Fidelity D & D Bancorp (FDBC), and Financial Institutions (FISI). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.

SmartFinancial vs.

SmartFinancial (NASDAQ:SMBK) and Shore Bancshares (NASDAQ:SHBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

In the previous week, Shore Bancshares had 3 more articles in the media than SmartFinancial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Shore Bancshares and 2 mentions for SmartFinancial. Shore Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat SmartFinancial's score of 0.84 indicating that Shore Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SmartFinancial
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Shore Bancshares
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

SmartFinancial has a net margin of 10.65% compared to Shore Bancshares' net margin of 5.66%. Shore Bancshares' return on equity of 7.33% beat SmartFinancial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SmartFinancial10.65% 6.88% 0.65%
Shore Bancshares 5.66%7.33%0.65%

SmartFinancial received 4 more outperform votes than Shore Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.51% of users gave SmartFinancial an outperform vote while only 56.92% of users gave Shore Bancshares an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SmartFinancialOutperform Votes
189
58.51%
Underperform Votes
134
41.49%
Shore BancsharesOutperform Votes
185
56.92%
Underperform Votes
140
43.08%

SmartFinancial has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shore Bancshares has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

58.8% of SmartFinancial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.8% of Shore Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of SmartFinancial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Shore Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

SmartFinancial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Shore Bancshares. SmartFinancial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shore Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SmartFinancial$240.37M1.63$28.59M$1.5614.74
Shore Bancshares$247.24M1.57$11.23M$0.5820.12

SmartFinancial currently has a consensus target price of $25.40, suggesting a potential upside of 10.43%. Shore Bancshares has a consensus target price of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.25%. Given Shore Bancshares' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Shore Bancshares is more favorable than SmartFinancial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SmartFinancial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Shore Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

SmartFinancial pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Shore Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. SmartFinancial pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shore Bancshares pays out 82.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

SmartFinancial and Shore Bancshares tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SMBK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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SMBK vs. The Competition

MetricSmartFinancialNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$392.38M$18.95B$9.74B$7.96B
Dividend Yield1.40%3.85%6.05%3.91%
P/E Ratio14.7410.1939.3617.36
Price / Sales1.632.053,558.1378.02
Price / Cash8.129.0428.9831.98
Price / Book0.841.083.314.76
Net Income$28.59M$2.30B$1.01B$217.17M
7 Day Performance2.09%1.54%1.68%2.90%
1 Month Performance19.42%6.86%5.36%6.57%
1 Year Performance4.50%19.20%17.71%10.17%

SmartFinancial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SHBI
Shore Bancshares
3.9421 of 5 stars
$11.10
-0.4%
$14.50
+30.6%
+1.3%$368.63M$247.24M19.14610News Coverage
Positive News
AROW
Arrow Financial
4.7422 of 5 stars
$23.54
-0.3%
N/A+27.7%$392.88M$191.68M13.69537Positive News
ALRS
Alerus Financial
4.0966 of 5 stars
$20.18
+0.5%
$23.50
+16.5%
+34.9%$399.16M$269.76M41.18709Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
GNTY
Guaranty Bancshares
3.1188 of 5 stars
$29.71
-1.9%
$33.33
+12.2%
+27.2%$342.56M$179.01M12.18488News Coverage
Positive News
NEWT
NewtekOne
1.5076 of 5 stars
$12.33
+11.3%
$14.50
+17.6%
+19.5%$316.14M$271.46M7.61528Insider Buying
High Trading Volume
CARE
Carter Bankshares
1.2655 of 5 stars
$13.11
+0.5%
N/A-2.0%$301.79M$214.70M23.00679
CAC
Camden National
2.5886 of 5 stars
$31.79
-0.9%
N/A+5.0%$465.09M$257.28M10.56600Positive News
CBNK
Capital Bancorp
4.8474 of 5 stars
$20.12
-0.1%
$26.00
+29.2%
+22.1%$279.47M$208.18M8.60277Short Interest ↑
FDBC
Fidelity D & D Bancorp
2.8729 of 5 stars
$47.36
-1.1%
N/A+14.0%$275.16M$105.24M16.74291
FISI
Financial Institutions
2.7014 of 5 stars
$17.79
+0.2%
$20.67
+16.2%
+13.2%$274.86M$334.38M7.09624Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:SMBK) was last updated on 5/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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