HNVR vs. CBFV, FRAF, UNB, RMBI, FCCO, FINW, MNSB, FXNC, SBFG, and OPBK
Should you be buying Hanover Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hanover Bancorp include CB Financial Services (CBFV), Franklin Financial Services (FRAF), Union Bankshares (UNB), Richmond Mutual Bancorporation (RMBI), First Community (FCCO), FinWise Bancorp (FINW), MainStreet Bancshares (MNSB), First National (FXNC), SB Financial Group (SBFG), and OP Bancorp (OPBK). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
CB Financial Services (NASDAQ:CBFV) and Hanover Bancorp (NASDAQ:HNVR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
CB Financial Services received 132 more outperform votes than Hanover Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave Hanover Bancorp an outperform vote while only 39.59% of users gave CB Financial Services an outperform vote.
In the previous week, CB Financial Services and CB Financial Services both had 4 articles in the media. Hanover Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat CB Financial Services' score of 0.93 indicating that CB Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CB Financial Services has a net margin of 25.36% compared to CB Financial Services' net margin of 10.82%. Hanover Bancorp's return on equity of 9.12% beat CB Financial Services' return on equity.
33.1% of CB Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.0% of Hanover Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of CB Financial Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.8% of Hanover Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CB Financial Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hanover Bancorp. CB Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hanover Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CB Financial Services has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hanover Bancorp has a beta of -0.24, meaning that its stock price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CB Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Hanover Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. CB Financial Services pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hanover Bancorp pays out 20.4% 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. CB Financial Services has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Hanover Bancorp has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
CB Financial Services currently has a consensus price target of $24.33, indicating a potential upside of 7.86%. Hanover Bancorp has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.27%. Given CB Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hanover Bancorp is more favorable than CB Financial Services.
Summary
CB Financial Services beats Hanover Bancorp on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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