ACNB vs. FBIZ, INBK, ORRF, UNTY, WTBA, CZNC, FRST, OBT, BSRR, and EBTC
Should you be buying ACNB stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ACNB include First Business Financial Services (FBIZ), First Internet Bancorp (INBK), Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF), Unity Bancorp (UNTY), West Bancorporation (WTBA), Citizens & Northern (CZNC), Primis Financial (FRST), Orange County Bancorp (OBT), Sierra Bancorp (BSRR), and Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
First Business Financial Services (NASDAQ:FBIZ) and ACNB (NASDAQ:ACNB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking and dividends.
First Business Financial Services received 89 more outperform votes than ACNB when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.93% of users gave ACNB an outperform vote while only 59.47% of users gave First Business Financial Services an outperform vote.
First Business Financial Services currently has a consensus target price of $40.33, suggesting a potential upside of 19.01%. ACNB has a consensus target price of $42.33, suggesting a potential upside of 27.51%. Given First Business Financial Services' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ACNB is more favorable than First Business Financial Services.
60.1% of First Business Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.4% of ACNB shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of First Business Financial Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of ACNB shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
First Business Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than ACNB. First Business Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ACNB, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ACNB has a net margin of 27.53% compared to ACNB's net margin of 16.37%. ACNB's return on equity of 13.95% beat First Business Financial Services' return on equity.
First Business Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. ACNB pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. First Business Financial Services pays out 23.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ACNB pays out 32.3% 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. First Business Financial Services has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and ACNB has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
In the previous week, ACNB had 7 more articles in the media than First Business Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for ACNB and 6 mentions for First Business Financial Services. ACNB's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat First Business Financial Services' score of 0.09 indicating that First Business Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Business Financial Services has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACNB has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
First Business Financial Services beats ACNB on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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