OVBC vs. CBFV, HNVR, MNSB, EBMT, UNB, CFFI, RMBI, FCCO, FRAF, and FXNC
Should you be buying Ohio Valley Banc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ohio Valley Banc include CB Financial Services (CBFV), Hanover Bancorp (HNVR), MainStreet Bancshares (MNSB), Eagle Bancorp Montana (EBMT), Union Bankshares (UNB), C&F Financial (CFFI), Richmond Mutual Bancorporation (RMBI), First Community (FCCO), Franklin Financial Services (FRAF), and First National (FXNC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
CB Financial Services (NASDAQ:CBFV) and Ohio Valley Banc (NASDAQ:OVBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
CB Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than Ohio Valley Banc. CB Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ohio Valley Banc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CB Financial Services has a net margin of 25.36% compared to CB Financial Services' net margin of 14.70%. Ohio Valley Banc's return on equity of 9.45% beat CB Financial Services' return on equity.
CB Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Ohio Valley Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. CB Financial Services pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ohio Valley Banc pays out 36.5% 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. CB Financial Services has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Ohio Valley Banc has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. CB Financial Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
33.1% of CB Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.1% of Ohio Valley Banc shares are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of CB Financial Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Ohio Valley Banc shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CB Financial Services has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ohio Valley Banc has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CB Financial Services had 1 more articles in the media than Ohio Valley Banc. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for CB Financial Services and 7 mentions for Ohio Valley Banc. Ohio Valley Banc's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat CB Financial Services' score of 0.60 indicating that CB Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CB Financial Services received 61 more outperform votes than Ohio Valley Banc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 40.18% of users gave CB Financial Services an outperform vote while only 33.18% of users gave Ohio Valley Banc an outperform vote.
CB Financial Services presently has a consensus price target of $24.67, suggesting a potential upside of 12.58%. Given Ohio Valley Banc's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CB Financial Services is more favorable than Ohio Valley Banc.
Summary
CB Financial Services beats Ohio Valley Banc on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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