PBHC vs. BRBS, BAFN, FUSB, VBFC, AUBN, BOTJ, BKSC, UBCP, CIZN, and SBFG
Should you be buying Pathfinder Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pathfinder Bancorp include Blue Ridge Bankshares (BRBS), BayFirst Financial (BAFN), First US Bancshares (FUSB), Village Bank and Trust Financial (VBFC), Auburn National Bancorporation (AUBN), Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ), Bank of South Carolina (BKSC), United Bancorp (UBCP), Citizens (CIZN), and SB Financial Group (SBFG). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Blue Ridge Bankshares (NASDAQ:BRBS) and Pathfinder Bancorp (NASDAQ:PBHC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
Pathfinder Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Blue Ridge Bankshares. Blue Ridge Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pathfinder Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Pathfinder Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Blue Ridge Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Pathfinder Bancorp and 0 mentions for Blue Ridge Bankshares. Blue Ridge Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Pathfinder Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Pathfinder Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
50.5% of Blue Ridge Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.7% of Pathfinder Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of Blue Ridge Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of Pathfinder Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Pathfinder Bancorp received 116 more outperform votes than Blue Ridge Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.10% of users gave Pathfinder Bancorp an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Blue Ridge Bankshares an outperform vote.
Blue Ridge Bankshares has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pathfinder Bancorp has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pathfinder Bancorp has a net margin of 11.50% compared to Pathfinder Bancorp's net margin of -35.41%. Blue Ridge Bankshares' return on equity of 7.47% beat Pathfinder Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
Pathfinder Bancorp beats Blue Ridge Bankshares on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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