BKSC vs. UBCP, AUBN, FUSB, PBHC, BAFN, BOTJ, BRBS, CIZN, SBFG, and EBMT
Should you be buying Bank of South Carolina stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of South Carolina include United Bancorp (UBCP), Auburn National Bancorporation (AUBN), First US Bancshares (FUSB), Pathfinder Bancorp (PBHC), BayFirst Financial (BAFN), Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ), Blue Ridge Bankshares (BRBS), Citizens (CIZN), SB Financial Group (SBFG), and Eagle Bancorp Montana (EBMT). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Bank of South Carolina (NASDAQ:BKSC) and United Bancorp (NASDAQ:UBCP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
United Bancorp has a net margin of 21.88% compared to Bank of South Carolina's net margin of 21.07%. United Bancorp's return on equity of 15.79% beat Bank of South Carolina's return on equity.
United Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of South Carolina. United Bancorp 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.
Bank of South Carolina received 98 more outperform votes than United Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.64% of users gave Bank of South Carolina an outperform vote while only 60.26% of users gave United Bancorp an outperform vote.
6.5% of Bank of South Carolina shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.8% of United Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.8% of Bank of South Carolina shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of United Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bank of South Carolina pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. United Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Bank of South Carolina pays out 69.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Bancorp pays out 43.9% 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. United Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Bank of South Carolina has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Bancorp has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, United Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Bank of South Carolina. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for United Bancorp and 2 mentions for Bank of South Carolina. United Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Bank of South Carolina's score of -0.11 indicating that United Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
United Bancorp beats Bank of South Carolina on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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