BOTJ vs. FUSB, PBHC, VBFC, FBSS, AMRB, BWFG, OVLY, FFNW, COFS, and PKBK
Should you be buying Bank of the James Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of the James Financial Group include First US Bancshares (FUSB), Pathfinder Bancorp (PBHC), Village Bank and Trust Financial (VBFC), Fauquier Bankshares (FBSS), American River Bankshares (AMRB), Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG), Oak Valley Bancorp (OVLY), First Financial Northwest (FFNW), ChoiceOne Financial Services (COFS), and Parke Bancorp (PKBK). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Bank of the James Financial Group (NASDAQ:BOTJ) and First US Bancshares (NASDAQ:FUSB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Bank of the James Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. First US Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Bank of the James Financial Group pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First US Bancshares pays out 14.9% 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.
Bank of the James Financial Group has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First US Bancshares has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of the James Financial Group received 4 more outperform votes than First US Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.50% of users gave Bank of the James Financial Group an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave First US Bancshares an outperform vote.
18.5% of Bank of the James Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.7% of First US Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of Bank of the James Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of First US Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Bank of the James Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than First US Bancshares. Bank of the James Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First US Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, First US Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than Bank of the James Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for First US Bancshares and 1 mentions for Bank of the James Financial Group. Bank of the James Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat First US Bancshares' score of 0.30 indicating that Bank of the James Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bank of the James Financial Group has a net margin of 16.45% compared to First US Bancshares' net margin of 14.55%. Bank of the James Financial Group's return on equity of 15.86% beat First US Bancshares' return on equity.
Summary
Bank of the James Financial Group beats First US Bancshares on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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