BKSC vs. BRBS, FSBW, ONIT, OBT, PBFS, RBB, BCML, FRBA, SFST, and NEWT
Should you be buying Bank of South Carolina stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of South Carolina include Blue Ridge Bankshares (BRBS), FS Bancorp (FSBW), Onity Group (ONIT), Orange County Bancorp (OBT), Pioneer Bancorp (PBFS), RBB Bancorp (RBB), BayCom (BCML), First Bank (FRBA), Southern First Bancshares (SFST), and NewtekOne (NEWT). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Bank of South Carolina vs.
Bank of South Carolina (NASDAQ:BKSC) and Blue Ridge Bankshares (NASDAQ:BRBS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
0.2% of Bank of South Carolina shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.5% of Blue Ridge Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.8% of Bank of South Carolina shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Blue Ridge Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Bank of South Carolina has a net margin of 23.42% compared to Blue Ridge Bankshares' net margin of -8.84%. Bank of South Carolina's return on equity of 13.59% beat Blue Ridge Bankshares' return on equity.
Bank of South Carolina has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Ridge Bankshares has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of South Carolina received 187 more outperform votes than Blue Ridge Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.85% of users gave Bank of South Carolina an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Blue Ridge Bankshares an outperform vote.
Bank of South Carolina pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Blue Ridge Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.3%. Bank of South Carolina pays out 58.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Blue Ridge Bankshares pays out -98.0% 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. Blue Ridge Bankshares has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Blue Ridge Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Bank of South Carolina has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Blue Ridge Bankshares. Blue Ridge Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of South Carolina, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Bank of South Carolina and Bank of South Carolina both had 1 articles in the media. Blue Ridge Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Bank of South Carolina's score of 0.59 indicating that Blue Ridge Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Bank of South Carolina beats Blue Ridge Bankshares on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BKSC) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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