MVBF vs. SSBK, FRBA, USCB, JMSB, LNKB, CIVB, BCML, BMRC, PCB, and FRST
Should you be buying MVB Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MVB Financial include Southern States Bancshares (SSBK), First Bank (FRBA), USCB Financial (USCB), John Marshall Bancorp (JMSB), LINKBANCORP (LNKB), Civista Bancshares (CIVB), BayCom (BCML), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), PCB Bancorp (PCB), and Primis Financial (FRST). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
MVB Financial (NASDAQ:MVBF) and Southern States Bancshares (NASDAQ:SSBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, MVB Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Southern States Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MVB Financial and 0 mentions for Southern States Bancshares. Southern States Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat MVB Financial's score of -1.25 indicating that Southern States Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
52.7% of MVB Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.7% of Southern States Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of MVB Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Southern States Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MVB Financial has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern States Bancshares has a beta of 0.18, indicating that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MVB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Southern States Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. MVB Financial pays out 36.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southern States Bancshares pays out 10.0% 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.
MVB Financial presently has a consensus target price of $25.25, indicating a potential upside of 32.82%. Southern States Bancshares has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.77%. Given MVB Financial's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe MVB Financial is more favorable than Southern States Bancshares.
MVB Financial received 8 more outperform votes than Southern States Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 46.15% of users gave Southern States Bancshares an outperform vote while only 43.48% of users gave MVB Financial an outperform vote.
Southern States Bancshares has a net margin of 21.51% compared to MVB Financial's net margin of 11.10%. Southern States Bancshares' return on equity of 15.31% beat MVB Financial's return on equity.
Southern States Bancshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MVB Financial. Southern States Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MVB Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Southern States Bancshares beats MVB Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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