SPFI vs. FMNB, CCNE, EQBK, BWB, RRBI, MBIN, FBK, TFIN, OFG, and RNST
Should you be buying South Plains Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of South Plains Financial include Farmers National Banc (FMNB), CNB Financial (CCNE), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), Bridgewater Bancshares (BWB), Red River Bancshares (RRBI), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), FB Financial (FBK), Triumph Financial (TFIN), OFG Bancorp (OFG), and Renasant (RNST). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
South Plains Financial (NASDAQ:SPFI) and Farmers National Banc (NASDAQ:FMNB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.
South Plains Financial has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Farmers National Banc has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
South Plains Financial currently has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.89%. Farmers National Banc has a consensus price target of $15.33, indicating a potential upside of 24.06%. Given Farmers National Banc's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Farmers National Banc is more favorable than South Plains Financial.
Farmers National Banc received 146 more outperform votes than South Plains Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.60% of users gave Farmers National Banc an outperform vote while only 53.66% of users gave South Plains Financial an outperform vote.
South Plains Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Farmers National Banc. South Plains Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Farmers National Banc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Farmers National Banc had 9 more articles in the media than South Plains Financial. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Farmers National Banc and 2 mentions for South Plains Financial. South Plains Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Farmers National Banc's score of 0.82 indicating that South Plains Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
South Plains Financial has a net margin of 21.23% compared to Farmers National Banc's net margin of 21.05%. Farmers National Banc's return on equity of 15.68% beat South Plains Financial's return on equity.
South Plains Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Farmers National Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. South Plains Financial pays out 15.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Farmers National Banc pays out 46.9% 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.
55.0% of South Plains Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.7% of Farmers National Banc shares are held by institutional investors. 25.4% of South Plains Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Farmers National Banc shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
South Plains Financial and Farmers National Banc tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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