NKSH vs. ATLO, FLIC, FNLC, FISI, SMBK, CAC, HAFC, VABK, LCNB, and HWBK
Should you be buying National Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Bankshares include Ames National (ATLO), First of Long Island (FLIC), First Bancorp (FNLC), Financial Institutions (FISI), SmartFinancial (SMBK), Camden National (CAC), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), Virginia National Bankshares (VABK), LCNB (LCNB), and Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK).
Ames National (NASDAQ:ATLO) and National Bankshares (NASDAQ:NKSH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
National Bankshares received 71 more outperform votes than Ames National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.80% of users gave Ames National an outperform vote while only 49.70% of users gave National Bankshares an outperform vote.
National Bankshares has a consensus target price of $31.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.51%. Given Ames National's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe National Bankshares is more favorable than Ames National.
In the previous week, National Bankshares had 1 more articles in the media than Ames National. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for National Bankshares and 2 mentions for Ames National. National Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Ames National's score of 1.78 indicating that Ames National is being referred to more favorably in the media.
National Bankshares has a net margin of 19.00% compared to National Bankshares' net margin of 11.49%. Ames National's return on equity of 10.17% beat National Bankshares' return on equity.
Ames National pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Ames National pays out 97.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. National Bankshares pays out 64.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ames National has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Ames National is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Ames National has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Bankshares has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
26.5% of Ames National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.7% of National Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Ames National shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of National Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
National Bankshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ames National. National Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ames National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
National Bankshares beats Ames National on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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