FUNC vs. HWBK, VABK, UBFO, NKSH, FNCB, ATLO, MRBK, LARK, LCNB, and CFBK
Should you be buying First United stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First United include Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK), Virginia National Bankshares (VABK), United Security Bancshares (UBFO), National Bankshares (NKSH), FNCB Bancorp (FNCB), Ames National (ATLO), Meridian (MRBK), Landmark Bancorp (LARK), LCNB (LCNB), and CF Bankshares (CFBK). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
First United (NASDAQ:FUNC) and Hawthorn Bancshares (NASDAQ:HWBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, First United and First United both had 4 articles in the media. First United's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Hawthorn Bancshares' score of -0.18 indicating that First United is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First United has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hawthorn Bancshares. First United is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawthorn Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First United has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawthorn Bancshares has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hawthorn Bancshares received 10 more outperform votes than First United when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.53% of users gave First United an outperform vote while only 61.97% of users gave Hawthorn Bancshares an outperform vote.
33.3% of First United shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of Hawthorn Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of First United shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of Hawthorn Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
First United pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Hawthorn Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. First United pays out 37.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. First United is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
First United has a net margin of 13.82% compared to Hawthorn Bancshares' net margin of 2.09%. First United's return on equity of 11.64% beat Hawthorn Bancshares' return on equity.
Summary
First United beats Hawthorn Bancshares on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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