EBMT vs. OVBC, FXNC, CBFV, UNB, SBFG, HNVR, FCCO, FRAF, MNSB, and RMBI
Should you be buying Eagle Bancorp Montana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eagle Bancorp Montana include Ohio Valley Banc (OVBC), First National (FXNC), CB Financial Services (CBFV), Union Bankshares (UNB), SB Financial Group (SBFG), Hanover Bancorp (HNVR), First Community (FCCO), Franklin Financial Services (FRAF), MainStreet Bancshares (MNSB), and Richmond Mutual Bancorporation (RMBI). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Ohio Valley Banc (NASDAQ:OVBC) and Eagle Bancorp Montana (NASDAQ:EBMT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
Ohio Valley Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Eagle Bancorp Montana pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Ohio Valley Banc pays out 36.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eagle Bancorp Montana pays out 50.0% 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. Ohio Valley Banc has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Eagle Bancorp Montana has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Eagle Bancorp Montana is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Ohio Valley Banc and Ohio Valley Banc both had 2 articles in the media. Eagle Bancorp Montana's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Ohio Valley Banc's score of 1.23 indicating that Ohio Valley Banc is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ohio Valley Banc has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Bancorp Montana has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
22.1% of Ohio Valley Banc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.7% of Eagle Bancorp Montana shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Ohio Valley Banc shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Eagle Bancorp Montana shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Eagle Bancorp Montana has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.74%. Given Ohio Valley Banc's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Eagle Bancorp Montana is more favorable than Ohio Valley Banc.
Ohio Valley Banc has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Eagle Bancorp Montana. Ohio Valley Banc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eagle Bancorp Montana, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ohio Valley Banc has a net margin of 14.70% compared to Ohio Valley Banc's net margin of 7.39%. Eagle Bancorp Montana's return on equity of 8.25% beat Ohio Valley Banc's return on equity.
Eagle Bancorp Montana received 88 more outperform votes than Ohio Valley Banc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.13% of users gave Eagle Bancorp Montana an outperform vote while only 32.74% of users gave Ohio Valley Banc an outperform vote.
Summary
Eagle Bancorp Montana beats Ohio Valley Banc on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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