NICK vs. PLBC, JEQ, NXC, ARBK, SIEB, RVSB, RBKB, CMCT, TOP, and DTF
Should you be buying Nicholas Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nicholas Financial include Plumas Bancorp (PLBC), Abrdn Japan Equity Fund (JEQ), Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXC), Argo Blockchain (ARBK), Siebert Financial (SIEB), Riverview Bancorp (RVSB), Rhinebeck Bancorp (RBKB), Creative Media & Community Trust Co. (CMCT), TOP Financial Group (TOP), and DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund (DTF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Nicholas Financial (NASDAQ:NICK) and Plumas Bancorp (NASDAQ:PLBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
39.9% of Nicholas Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of Plumas Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 43.0% of Nicholas Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Plumas Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Plumas Bancorp has a net margin of 33.12% compared to Nicholas Financial's net margin of -134.48%. Plumas Bancorp's return on equity of 21.53% beat Nicholas Financial's return on equity.
Nicholas Financial received 21 more outperform votes than Plumas Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.13% of users gave Plumas Bancorp an outperform vote while only 60.36% of users gave Nicholas Financial an outperform vote.
Nicholas Financial has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plumas Bancorp has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Nicholas Financial had 17 more articles in the media than Plumas Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Nicholas Financial and 1 mentions for Plumas Bancorp. Nicholas Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Plumas Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Nicholas Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Plumas Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Nicholas Financial. Nicholas Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plumas Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Plumas Bancorp has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.53%. Given Plumas Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Plumas Bancorp is more favorable than Nicholas Financial.
Summary
Plumas Bancorp beats Nicholas Financial on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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