UBFO vs. HWBK, VABK, FUNC, FNCB, LARK, MRBK, CFBK, ATLO, NKSH, and OPOF
Should you be buying United Security Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Security Bancshares include Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK), Virginia National Bankshares (VABK), First United (FUNC), FNCB Bancorp (FNCB), Landmark Bancorp (LARK), Meridian (MRBK), CF Bankshares (CFBK), Ames National (ATLO), National Bankshares (NKSH), and Old Point Financial (OPOF). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
United Security Bancshares (NASDAQ:UBFO) and Hawthorn Bancshares (NASDAQ:HWBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.
United Security Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Hawthorn Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. United Security Bancshares pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hawthorn Bancshares pays out 253.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. United Security Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
United Security Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Hawthorn Bancshares. United Security Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawthorn Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hawthorn Bancshares received 57 more outperform votes than United Security Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.97% of users gave Hawthorn Bancshares an outperform vote while only 45.13% of users gave United Security Bancshares an outperform vote.
30.9% of United Security Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of Hawthorn Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.1% of United Security Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of Hawthorn Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
United Security Bancshares has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawthorn Bancshares has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
United Security Bancshares has a net margin of 27.07% compared to Hawthorn Bancshares' net margin of 2.09%. United Security Bancshares' return on equity of 15.14% beat Hawthorn Bancshares' return on equity.
In the previous week, Hawthorn Bancshares had 13 more articles in the media than United Security Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Hawthorn Bancshares and 5 mentions for United Security Bancshares. United Security Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Hawthorn Bancshares' score of 0.38 indicating that United Security Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
United Security Bancshares beats Hawthorn Bancshares on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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