AUBN vs. MSBI, SFST, LSAK, FMAO, PDLB, USCB, MVBF, BWFG, OBT, and PBFS
Should you be buying Auburn National Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Auburn National Bancorporation include Midland States Bancorp (MSBI), Southern First Bancshares (SFST), Lesaka Technologies (LSAK), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), Ponce Financial Group (PDLB), USCB Financial (USCB), Mvb Financial (MVBF), Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG), Orange County Bancorp (OBT), and Pioneer Bancorp (PBFS). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Auburn National Bancorporation vs. Its Competitors
Auburn National Bancorporation (NASDAQ:AUBN) and Midland States Bancorp (NASDAQ:MSBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
Midland States Bancorp has a consensus price target of $20.75, suggesting a potential upside of 31.08%. Given Midland States Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Midland States Bancorp is more favorable than Auburn National Bancorporation.
Auburn National Bancorporation has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Midland States Bancorp has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Midland States Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Auburn National Bancorporation. Midland States Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Auburn National Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Auburn National Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Midland States Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Auburn National Bancorporation pays out 56.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Midland States Bancorp pays out -166.2% 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. Midland States Bancorp has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Midland States Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Auburn National Bancorporation has a net margin of 15.43% compared to Midland States Bancorp's net margin of -1.50%. Auburn National Bancorporation's return on equity of 8.02% beat Midland States Bancorp's return on equity.
39.5% of Auburn National Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.9% of Midland States Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 25.1% of Auburn National Bancorporation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Midland States Bancorp shares are held by company 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, Midland States Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Auburn National Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Midland States Bancorp and 0 mentions for Auburn National Bancorporation. Midland States Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Auburn National Bancorporation's score of 0.00 indicating that Midland States Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Midland States Bancorp beats Auburn National Bancorporation on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AUBN) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
