UNB vs. HNVR, MNSB, RMBI, CBFV, OVBC, FCCO, PWOD, CFFI, FRAF, and EBMT
Should you be buying Union Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Union Bankshares include Hanover Bancorp (HNVR), MainStreet Bancshares (MNSB), Richmond Mutual Bancorporation (RMBI), CB Financial Services (CBFV), Ohio Valley Banc (OVBC), First Community (FCCO), Penns Woods Bancorp (PWOD), C&F Financial (CFFI), Franklin Financial Services (FRAF), and Eagle Bancorp Montana (EBMT). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:UNB) and Hanover Bancorp (NASDAQ:HNVR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hanover Bancorp has a beta of -0.24, indicating that its stock price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Union Bankshares has a net margin of 16.74% compared to Hanover Bancorp's net margin of 10.82%. Union Bankshares' return on equity of 19.09% beat Hanover Bancorp's return on equity.
Hanover Bancorp has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.28%. Given Hanover Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hanover Bancorp is more favorable than Union Bankshares.
Hanover Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Union Bankshares. Hanover Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Union Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
14.8% of Union Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.0% of Hanover Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Union Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.8% of Hanover Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Hanover Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Union Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Hanover Bancorp and 3 mentions for Union Bankshares. Hanover Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Union Bankshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Hanover Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Hanover Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Union Bankshares pays out 57.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hanover Bancorp pays out 20.4% 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.
Union Bankshares received 198 more outperform votes than Hanover Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.01% of users gave Union Bankshares an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Hanover Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
Union Bankshares beats Hanover Bancorp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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