SSBK vs. LNKB, MVBF, FRBA, BCML, CZFS, USCB, PCB, JMSB, CIVB, and BMRC
Should you be buying Southern States Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southern States Bancshares include LINKBANCORP (LNKB), MVB Financial (MVBF), First Bank (FRBA), BayCom (BCML), Citizens Financial Services (CZFS), USCB Financial (USCB), PCB Bancorp (PCB), John Marshall Bancorp (JMSB), Civista Bancshares (CIVB), and Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
LINKBANCORP (NASDAQ:LNKB) and Southern States Bancshares (NASDAQ:SSBK) 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, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
LINKBANCORP has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern States Bancshares has a beta of 0.18, indicating that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Southern States Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than LINKBANCORP. LINKBANCORP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southern States Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Southern States Bancshares received 9 more outperform votes than LINKBANCORP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.15% of users gave Southern States Bancshares an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave LINKBANCORP an outperform vote.
LINKBANCORP pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Southern States Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. LINKBANCORP pays out -115.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southern States Bancshares pays out 10.0% 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. LINKBANCORP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, LINKBANCORP had 6 more articles in the media than Southern States Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for LINKBANCORP and 1 mentions for Southern States Bancshares. LINKBANCORP's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Southern States Bancshares' score of 0.01 indicating that Southern States Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Southern States Bancshares has a net margin of 21.51% compared to Southern States Bancshares' net margin of -5.10%. LINKBANCORP's return on equity of 15.65% beat Southern States Bancshares' return on equity.
LINKBANCORP currently has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.44%. Southern States Bancshares has a consensus price target of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.09%. Given LINKBANCORP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Southern States Bancshares is more favorable than LINKBANCORP.
37.5% of LINKBANCORP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.7% of Southern States Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.8% of LINKBANCORP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Southern States Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Southern States Bancshares beats LINKBANCORP on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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