BKSC vs. UBCP, AUBN, FUSB, BRBS, PBHC, BAFN, BOTJ, SBFG, CIZN, and FXNC
Should you be buying Bank of South Carolina stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of South Carolina include United Bancorp (UBCP), Auburn National Bancorporation (AUBN), First US Bancshares (FUSB), Blue Ridge Bankshares (BRBS), Pathfinder Bancorp (PBHC), BayFirst Financial (BAFN), Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ), SB Financial Group (SBFG), Citizens (CIZN), and First National (FXNC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
United Bancorp (NASDAQ:UBCP) and Bank of South Carolina (NASDAQ:BKSC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Bank of South Carolina received 98 more outperform votes than United Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.97% of users gave Bank of South Carolina an outperform vote while only 60.26% of users gave United Bancorp an outperform vote.
15.4% of United Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Bank of South Carolina shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.7% of United Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.8% of Bank of South Carolina shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
United Bancorp has a net margin of 21.47% compared to United Bancorp's net margin of 19.55%. Bank of South Carolina's return on equity of 15.23% beat United Bancorp's return on equity.
United Bancorp has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of South Carolina has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
United Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of South Carolina. United Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of South Carolina, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Bank of South Carolina pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. United Bancorp pays out 43.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of South Carolina pays out 71.6% 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. United Bancorp has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. United Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Bank of South Carolina had 3 more articles in the media than United Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Bank of South Carolina and 0 mentions for United Bancorp. Bank of South Carolina's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat United Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that United Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
United Bancorp beats Bank of South Carolina on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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