ACNB vs. ORRF, FBIZ, OBT, WTBA, BSVN, INBK, CZNC, UNTY, EBTC, and FRST
Should you be buying ACNB stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ACNB include Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF), First Business Financial Services (FBIZ), Orange County Bancorp (OBT), West Bancorporation (WTBA), Bank7 (BSVN), First Internet Bancorp (INBK), Citizens & Northern (CZNC), Unity Bancorp (UNTY), Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC), and Primis Financial (FRST). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Orrstown Financial Services (NASDAQ:ORRF) and ACNB (NASDAQ:ACNB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Orrstown Financial Services and Orrstown Financial Services both had 2 articles in the media. Orrstown Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat ACNB's score of 0.37 indicating that ACNB is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Orrstown Financial Services received 75 more outperform votes than ACNB when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.16% of users gave ACNB an outperform vote while only 60.63% of users gave Orrstown Financial Services an outperform vote.
Orrstown Financial Services has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACNB has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Orrstown Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. ACNB pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Orrstown Financial Services pays out 23.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ACNB pays out 34.7% 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. Orrstown Financial Services has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and ACNB has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years.
Orrstown Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than ACNB. Orrstown Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ACNB, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
44.3% of Orrstown Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.4% of ACNB shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Orrstown Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of ACNB shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ACNB has a net margin of 24.98% compared to ACNB's net margin of 18.99%. ACNB's return on equity of 14.31% beat Orrstown Financial Services' return on equity.
Orrstown Financial Services presently has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.15%. ACNB has a consensus price target of $38.33, suggesting a potential upside of 13.01%. Given Orrstown Financial Services' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ACNB is more favorable than Orrstown Financial Services.
Summary
Orrstown Financial Services beats ACNB on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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