AMNB vs. BFST, HAFC, CSTR, ALRS, MCB, AMAL, SMBK, GNTY, FDBC, and PFIS
Should you be buying American National Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American National Bankshares include Business First Bancshares (BFST), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), CapStar Financial (CSTR), Alerus Financial (ALRS), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), SmartFinancial (SMBK), Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY), Fidelity D & D Bancorp (FDBC), and Peoples Financial Services (PFIS).
American National Bankshares (NASDAQ:AMNB) and Business First Bancshares (NASDAQ:BFST) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
American National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Business First Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. American National Bankshares pays out 49.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Business First Bancshares pays out 21.5% 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. Business First Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Business First Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than American National Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Business First Bancshares and 1 mentions for American National Bankshares. Business First Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat American National Bankshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Business First Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
47.9% of American National Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.4% of Business First Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of American National Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Business First Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
American National Bankshares has a net margin of 18.88% compared to Business First Bancshares' net margin of 18.22%. Business First Bancshares' return on equity of 13.28% beat American National Bankshares' return on equity.
Business First Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than American National Bankshares. Business First Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American National Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Business First Bancshares has a consensus target price of $23.33, indicating a potential upside of 6.35%. Given Business First Bancshares' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Business First Bancshares is more favorable than American National Bankshares.
American National Bankshares received 106 more outperform votes than Business First Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.73% of users gave Business First Bancshares an outperform vote while only 52.13% of users gave American National Bankshares an outperform vote.
American National Bankshares has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Business First Bancshares has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Business First Bancshares beats American National Bankshares on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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