CFB vs. UVSP, OSBC, MBWM, FCBC, MCBS, GSBC, HBT, EGBN, CPF, and CCB
Should you be buying CrossFirst Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CrossFirst Bankshares include Univest Financial (UVSP), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), HBT Financial (HBT), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), and Coastal Financial (CCB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
CrossFirst Bankshares (NASDAQ:CFB) and Univest Financial (NASDAQ:UVSP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.
Univest Financial received 138 more outperform votes than CrossFirst Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.79% of users gave Univest Financial an outperform vote while only 46.00% of users gave CrossFirst Bankshares an outperform vote.
Univest Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CrossFirst Bankshares. Univest Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CrossFirst Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CrossFirst Bankshares has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Univest Financial has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CrossFirst Bankshares presently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.98%. Univest Financial has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.04%. Given CrossFirst Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe CrossFirst Bankshares is more favorable than Univest Financial.
Univest Financial has a net margin of 14.98% compared to CrossFirst Bankshares' net margin of 14.37%. CrossFirst Bankshares' return on equity of 10.86% beat Univest Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, Univest Financial had 10 more articles in the media than CrossFirst Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Univest Financial and 2 mentions for CrossFirst Bankshares. CrossFirst Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Univest Financial's score of 1.02 indicating that CrossFirst Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
56.3% of CrossFirst Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Univest Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of CrossFirst Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Univest Financial 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.
Summary
CrossFirst Bankshares beats Univest Financial on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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