UVSP vs. FCBC, GSBC, MBWM, EGBN, CPF, HBNC, FMBH, HTBK, CTBI, and CCBG
Should you be buying Univest Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Univest Financial include First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), and Capital City Bank Group (CCBG). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
First Community Bankshares (NASDAQ:FCBC) and Univest Financial (NASDAQ:UVSP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
First Community Bankshares currently has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.63%. Univest Financial has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.91%. Given Univest Financial's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe First Community Bankshares is more favorable than Univest Financial.
First Community Bankshares received 78 more outperform votes than Univest Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.44% of users gave First Community Bankshares an outperform vote while only 50.79% of users gave Univest Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Univest Financial had 3 more articles in the media than First Community Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Univest Financial and 3 mentions for First Community Bankshares. First Community Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Univest Financial's score of 0.16 indicating that Univest Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First Community Bankshares has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Univest Financial has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Community Bankshares has a net margin of 27.10% compared to First Community Bankshares' net margin of 14.98%. Univest Financial's return on equity of 11.09% beat First Community Bankshares' return on equity.
35.0% of First Community Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Univest Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of First Community Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Univest Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
First Community Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Univest Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. First Community Bankshares pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Univest Financial pays out 35.1% 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. Univest Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Univest Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Community Bankshares. Univest Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Community Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
First Community Bankshares beats Univest Financial on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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