OPOF vs. UBOH, CFBK, MRBK, LARK, FNCB, OPHC, UBFO, HWBK, VABK, and FUNC
Should you be buying Old Point Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Old Point Financial include United Bancshares (UBOH), CF Bankshares (CFBK), Meridian (MRBK), Landmark Bancorp (LARK), FNCB Bancorp (FNCB), OptimumBank (OPHC), United Security Bancshares (UBFO), Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK), Virginia National Bankshares (VABK), and First United (FUNC). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Old Point Financial (NASDAQ:OPOF) and United Bancshares (NASDAQ:UBOH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
In the previous week, Old Point Financial had 2 more articles in the media than United Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Old Point Financial and 1 mentions for United Bancshares. United Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Old Point Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that United Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
United Bancshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Old Point Financial. United Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Old Point Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Old Point Financial has a beta of 0.2, suggesting that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Bancshares has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Old Point Financial received 90 more outperform votes than United Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.15% of users gave United Bancshares an outperform vote while only 56.11% of users gave Old Point Financial an outperform vote.
33.4% of Old Point Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.0% of United Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 16.3% of Old Point Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of United Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Old Point Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. United Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Old Point Financial pays out 36.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Bancshares pays out 31.3% 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. United Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
United Bancshares has a net margin of 15.33% compared to Old Point Financial's net margin of 9.60%. United Bancshares' return on equity of 11.85% beat Old Point Financial's return on equity.
Summary
United Bancshares beats Old Point Financial on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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