Auburn National Bancorporation (AUBN) Competitors

Auburn National Bancorporation (NASDAQ:AUBN) and Southern First Bancshares (NASDAQ:SFST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AUBN or SFST?

39.5% of Auburn National Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of Southern First Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.1% of Auburn National Bancorporation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Southern First Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, AUBN or SFST?

Auburn National Bancorporation has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern First Bancshares has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AUBN or SFST?

Southern First Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Auburn National Bancorporation. Auburn National Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southern First Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Auburn National Bancorporation	$30.85M	2.26	$6.40M	$1.89	10.56
Southern First Bancshares	$98.52M	2.89	$15.53M	$2.26	15.44

Is AUBN or SFST more profitable?

Southern First Bancshares has a net margin of 7.28% compared to Auburn National Bancorporation's net margin of 2.43%. Auburn National Bancorporation's return on equity of 8.20% beat Southern First Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Auburn National Bancorporation	2.43%	8.20%	0.64%
Southern First Bancshares	7.28%	4.85%	0.38%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AUBN or SFST?

Southern First Bancshares received 129 more outperform votes than Auburn National Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.85% of users gave Auburn National Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 52.79% of users gave Southern First Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Auburn National Bancorporation	Outperform Votes 70 53.85%	Underperform Votes 60 46.15%
Southern First Bancshares	Outperform Votes 199 52.79%	Underperform Votes 178 47.21%

Does the media refer more to AUBN or SFST?

In the previous week, Auburn National Bancorporation had 11 more articles in the media than Southern First Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Auburn National Bancorporation and 2 mentions for Southern First Bancshares. Southern First Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Auburn National Bancorporation's score of 1.26 indicating that Southern First Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Auburn National Bancorporation	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Southern First Bancshares	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Southern First Bancshares beats Auburn National Bancorporation on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.