OVBC vs. UNB, RNDB, CIZN, FFNW, WASH, SPFI, THFF, CCNE, FFIC, and SMMF
Should you be buying Ohio Valley Banc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ohio Valley Banc include Union Bankshares (UNB), Randolph Bancorp (RNDB), Citizens (CIZN), First Financial Northwest (FFNW), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), South Plains Financial (SPFI), First Financial (THFF), CNB Financial (CCNE), Flushing Financial (FFIC), and Summit Financial Group (SMMF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:UNB) and Ohio Valley Banc (NASDAQ:OVBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.
Union Bankshares received 127 more outperform votes than Ohio Valley Banc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.62% of users gave Union Bankshares an outperform vote while only 32.46% of users gave Ohio Valley Banc an outperform vote.
Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Ohio Valley Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Union Bankshares pays out 60.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ohio Valley Banc pays out 36.5% 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. Union Bankshares has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Ohio Valley Banc has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Union Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Union Bankshares has a net margin of 15.19% compared to Union Bankshares' net margin of 14.70%. Ohio Valley Banc's return on equity of 17.85% beat Union Bankshares' return on equity.
In the previous week, Union Bankshares had 2 more articles in the media than Ohio Valley Banc. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Union Bankshares and 4 mentions for Ohio Valley Banc. Ohio Valley Banc's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Union Bankshares' score of 1.19 indicating that Union Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
14.8% of Union Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.1% of Ohio Valley Banc shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Union Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Ohio Valley Banc shares are held 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.
Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ohio Valley Banc has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ohio Valley Banc has higher revenue and earnings than Union Bankshares. Union Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ohio Valley Banc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Union Bankshares beats Ohio Valley Banc on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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