VABK vs. HWBK, UBFO, FUNC, FNCB, LARK, MRBK, CFBK, ATLO, NKSH, and OPOF
Should you be buying Virginia National Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virginia National Bankshares include Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK), United Security Bancshares (UBFO), First United (FUNC), FNCB Bancorp (FNCB), Landmark Bancorp (LARK), Meridian (MRBK), CF Bankshares (CFBK), Ames National (ATLO), National Bankshares (NKSH), and Old Point Financial (OPOF).
Hawthorn Bancshares (NASDAQ:HWBK) and Virginia National Bankshares (NASDAQ:VABK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking and earnings.
Hawthorn Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Virginia National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Hawthorn Bancshares pays out 226.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Virginia National Bankshares pays out 41.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hawthorn Bancshares has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Virginia National Bankshares has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Virginia National Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Virginia National Bankshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hawthorn Bancshares. Virginia National Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawthorn Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hawthorn Bancshares has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virginia National Bankshares has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hawthorn Bancshares received 145 more outperform votes than Virginia National Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users.
30.7% of Hawthorn Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.4% of Hawthorn Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Hawthorn Bancshares had 5 more articles in the media than Virginia National Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Hawthorn Bancshares and 7 mentions for Virginia National Bankshares. Hawthorn Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Virginia National Bankshares' score of 0.39 indicating that Virginia National Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Virginia National Bankshares has a net margin of 21.09% compared to Virginia National Bankshares' net margin of 2.09%. Hawthorn Bancshares' return on equity of 11.91% beat Virginia National Bankshares' return on equity.
Summary
Virginia National Bankshares beats Hawthorn Bancshares on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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