SmartFinancial (SMBK) Competitors

$22.85
+0.20 (+0.88%)
(As of 05/14/2024 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.

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

In the previous week, Shore Bancshares had 2 more articles in the media than SmartFinancial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Shore Bancshares and 2 mentions for SmartFinancial. SmartFinancial's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Shore Bancshares' score of 0.34 indicating that Shore Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Shore Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. SmartFinancial pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. 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. SmartFinancial pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SmartFinancial has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

59.8% of Shore Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.8% of SmartFinancial shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% of Shore Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of SmartFinancial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

SmartFinancial has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Shore Bancshares$247.24M1.49$11.23M$0.5819.10
SmartFinancial$240.37M1.62$28.59M$1.5614.65

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

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

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

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Shore Bancshares5.66% 7.33% 0.65%
SmartFinancial 10.65%6.88%0.65%

Shore Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.87%. SmartFinancial has a consensus target price of $25.40, suggesting a potential upside of 11.16%. Given SmartFinancial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Shore Bancshares is more favorable than SmartFinancial.

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

Summary

SmartFinancial beats Shore Bancshares on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SMBK vs. The Competition

MetricSmartFinancialNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$389.82M$18.44B$9.03B$7.85B
Dividend Yield1.42%3.90%10.35%3.93%
P/E Ratio14.659.7955.0815.77
Price / Sales1.621.893,484.0282.21
Price / Cash7.998.9627.9729.98
Price / Book0.841.072.204.35
Net Income$28.59M$2.30B$994.08M$216.67M
7 Day Performance2.51%0.99%0.88%1.64%
1 Month Performance16.70%5.38%3.67%3.94%
1 Year Performance13.79%22.05%18.24%9.96%

SmartFinancial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SHBI
Shore Bancshares
4.3391 of 5 stars
$11.10
-0.4%
$14.50
+30.6%
+2.9%$368.63M$247.24M19.14610
AROW
Arrow Financial
4.7903 of 5 stars
$23.54
-0.3%
N/A+21.9%$392.88M$191.68M13.69537Short Interest ↓
ALRS
Alerus Financial
4.4207 of 5 stars
$20.18
+0.5%
$23.50
+16.5%
+47.6%$399.16M$269.76M41.18709Positive News
High Trading Volume
GNTY
Guaranty Bancshares
2.2107 of 5 stars
$29.71
-1.9%
$33.33
+12.2%
+31.4%$342.56M$179.01M12.18488
NEWT
NewtekOne
1.2758 of 5 stars
$12.33
+11.3%
$14.50
+17.6%
+27.2%$316.14M$271.46M7.61528Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
CARE
Carter Bankshares
2.587 of 5 stars
$13.11
+0.5%
N/A-4.5%$301.79M$214.70M23.00679News Coverage
CAC
Camden National
3.7343 of 5 stars
$31.79
-0.9%
N/A+13.3%$465.09M$257.28M10.56600Analyst Upgrade
CBNK
Capital Bancorp
4.8184 of 5 stars
$20.12
-0.1%
$26.00
+29.2%
+28.7%$279.47M$208.18M8.60277Short Interest ↑
FDBC
Fidelity D & D Bancorp
2.7808 of 5 stars
$47.36
-1.1%
N/A+18.6%$275.16M$105.24M16.74291Positive News
FISI
Financial Institutions
3.4112 of 5 stars
$17.79
+0.2%
$20.67
+16.2%
+15.6%$274.86M$334.38M7.09624Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:SMBK) was last updated on 5/15/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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