AUBN vs. PBHC, FUSB, BAFN, BRBS, UBCP, BOTJ, CIZN, SBFG, FXNC, and HNVR
Should you be buying Auburn National Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Auburn National Bancorporation include Pathfinder Bancorp (PBHC), First US Bancshares (FUSB), BayFirst Financial (BAFN), Blue Ridge Bankshares (BRBS), United Bancorp (UBCP), Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ), Citizens (CIZN), SB Financial Group (SBFG), First National (FXNC), and Hanover Bancorp (HNVR). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Auburn National Bancorporation (NASDAQ:AUBN) and Pathfinder Bancorp (NASDAQ:PBHC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Pathfinder Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Auburn National Bancorporation. Pathfinder Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Auburn National Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Auburn National Bancorporation has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pathfinder Bancorp has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.
39.5% of Auburn National Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.7% of Pathfinder Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 24.4% of Auburn National Bancorporation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of Pathfinder Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Auburn National Bancorporation had 5 more articles in the media than Pathfinder Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Auburn National Bancorporation and 1 mentions for Pathfinder Bancorp. Pathfinder Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Auburn National Bancorporation's score of 0.62 indicating that Pathfinder Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Auburn National Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Pathfinder Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Auburn National Bancorporation pays out 469.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pathfinder Bancorp pays out 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Pathfinder Bancorp has a net margin of 12.76% compared to Auburn National Bancorporation's net margin of 4.44%. Pathfinder Bancorp's return on equity of 8.05% beat Auburn National Bancorporation's return on equity.
Pathfinder Bancorp received 48 more outperform votes than Auburn National Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.22% of users gave Auburn National Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 63.10% of users gave Pathfinder Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
Pathfinder Bancorp beats Auburn National Bancorporation on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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