BKSC vs. AUBN, PBHC, UBCP, FUSB, BAFN, BRBS, BOTJ, CIZN, SBFG, and FXNC
Should you be buying Bank of South Carolina stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of South Carolina include Auburn National Bancorporation (AUBN), Pathfinder Bancorp (PBHC), United Bancorp (UBCP), First US Bancshares (FUSB), BayFirst Financial (BAFN), Blue Ridge Bankshares (BRBS), Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ), Citizens (CIZN), SB Financial Group (SBFG), and First National (FXNC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Bank of South Carolina (NASDAQ:BKSC) and Auburn National Bancorporation (NASDAQ:AUBN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.
0.2% of Bank of South Carolina shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of Auburn National Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. 29.8% of Bank of South Carolina shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.4% of Auburn National Bancorporation shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Bank of South Carolina pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Auburn National Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Bank of South Carolina pays out 71.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
In the previous week, Bank of South Carolina and Bank of South Carolina both had 6 articles in the media. Auburn National Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Bank of South Carolina's score of 0.35 indicating that Auburn National Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bank of South Carolina has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Auburn National Bancorporation has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of South Carolina received 119 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 62.38% of users gave Bank of South Carolina an outperform vote.
Bank of South Carolina has a net margin of 19.55% compared to Auburn National Bancorporation's net margin of 4.44%. Bank of South Carolina's return on equity of 12.11% beat Auburn National Bancorporation's return on equity.
Bank of South Carolina has higher revenue and earnings than Auburn National Bancorporation. Bank of South Carolina 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.
Summary
Bank of South Carolina beats Auburn National Bancorporation on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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