AUBN vs. BKSC, PBHC, BAFN, BRBS, BOTJ, CIZN, SBFG, FXNC, EBMT, and HNVR
Should you be buying Auburn National Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Auburn National Bancorporation include Bank of South Carolina (BKSC), Pathfinder Bancorp (PBHC), BayFirst Financial (BAFN), Blue Ridge Bankshares (BRBS), Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ), Citizens (CIZN), SB Financial Group (SBFG), First National (FXNC), Eagle Bancorp Montana (EBMT), and Hanover Bancorp (HNVR). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Auburn National Bancorporation (NASDAQ:AUBN) and Bank of South Carolina (NASDAQ:BKSC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
Bank of South Carolina has a net margin of 19.55% compared to Auburn National Bancorporation's net margin of 4.44%. Bank of South Carolina's return on equity of 12.11% beat Auburn National Bancorporation's return on equity.
In the previous week, Auburn National Bancorporation and Auburn National Bancorporation both had 2 articles in the media. Bank of South Carolina's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Auburn National Bancorporation's score of 0.59 indicating that Bank of South Carolina is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Auburn National Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Bank of South Carolina pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Auburn National Bancorporation pays out 270.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bank of South Carolina pays out 71.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Auburn National Bancorporation has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of South Carolina has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of South Carolina received 119 more outperform votes than Auburn National Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.22% of users gave Auburn National Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Bank of South Carolina an outperform vote.
Bank of South Carolina has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Auburn National Bancorporation. Bank of South Carolina 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.
39.5% of Auburn National Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Bank of South Carolina shares are held by institutional investors. 24.4% of Auburn National Bancorporation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.8% of Bank of South Carolina shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Bank of South Carolina beats Auburn National Bancorporation on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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