UNB vs. CBFV, HNVR, OVBC, FCCO, FRAF, MNSB, RMBI, EBMT, FXNC, and FINW
Should you be buying Union Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Union Bankshares include CB Financial Services (CBFV), Hanover Bancorp (HNVR), Ohio Valley Banc (OVBC), First Community (FCCO), Franklin Financial Services (FRAF), MainStreet Bancshares (MNSB), Richmond Mutual Bancorporation (RMBI), Eagle Bancorp Montana (EBMT), First National (FXNC), and FinWise Bancorp (FINW). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
CB Financial Services (NASDAQ:CBFV) and Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:UNB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
CB Financial Services has a net margin of 25.36% compared to CB Financial Services' net margin of 16.74%. CB Financial Services' return on equity of 19.09% beat Union Bankshares' return on equity.
In the previous week, CB Financial Services had 5 more articles in the media than Union Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for CB Financial Services and 4 mentions for Union Bankshares. CB Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Union Bankshares' score of 0.97 indicating that Union Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CB Financial Services has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CB Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than Union Bankshares. CB Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Union Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Union Bankshares received 66 more outperform votes than CB Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.01% of users gave Union Bankshares an outperform vote while only 39.82% of users gave CB Financial Services an outperform vote.
CB Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. CB Financial Services pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Union Bankshares pays out 57.6% 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 has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Union Bankshares has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Union Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
33.1% of CB Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.8% of Union Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of CB Financial Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Union Bankshares 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.
CB Financial Services currently has a consensus target price of $24.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.43%. Given Union Bankshares' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe CB Financial Services is more favorable than Union Bankshares.
Summary
CB Financial Services beats Union Bankshares on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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