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$14.54 +0.29 (+2.06%)
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BOTJ vs. JMSB, OPRT, SNFCA, TSBK, NWFL, LPRO, RHLD, MVBF, MBCN, and PKBK

Should you be buying Bank of the James Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of the James Financial Group include John Marshall Bancorp (JMSB), Oportun Financial (OPRT), Security National Financial (SNFCA), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), Norwood Financial (NWFL), Open Lending (LPRO), Resolute Holdings Management (RHLD), MVB Financial (MVBF), Middlefield Banc (MBCN), and Parke Bancorp (PKBK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Bank of the James Financial Group vs.

Bank of the James Financial Group (NASDAQ:BOTJ) and John Marshall Bancorp (NASDAQ:JMSB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Bank of the James Financial Group has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Marshall Bancorp has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Bank of the James Financial Group received 26 more outperform votes than John Marshall Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.97% of users gave John Marshall Bancorp an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Bank of the James Financial Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bank of the James Financial GroupOutperform Votes
80
62.50%
Underperform Votes
48
37.50%
John Marshall BancorpOutperform Votes
54
72.97%
Underperform Votes
20
27.03%

Bank of the James Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. John Marshall Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Bank of the James Financial Group pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. John Marshall Bancorp pays out 24.2% 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. Bank of the James Financial Group has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Bank of the James Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

John Marshall Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of the James Financial Group. Bank of the James Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than John Marshall Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bank of the James Financial Group$44.30M1.50$7.94M$1.469.96
John Marshall Bancorp$55.36M4.48$17.12M$1.2414.02

John Marshall Bancorp has a net margin of 15.23% compared to Bank of the James Financial Group's net margin of 13.29%. Bank of the James Financial Group's return on equity of 12.48% beat John Marshall Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bank of the James Financial Group13.29% 12.48% 0.80%
John Marshall Bancorp 15.23%7.20%0.76%

In the previous week, Bank of the James Financial Group had 3 more articles in the media than John Marshall Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Bank of the James Financial Group and 0 mentions for John Marshall Bancorp. Bank of the James Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat John Marshall Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Bank of the James Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Bank of the James Financial Group Neutral
John Marshall Bancorp Neutral

18.5% of Bank of the James Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.1% of John Marshall Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 15.4% of Bank of the James Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of John Marshall Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Bank of the James Financial Group and John Marshall Bancorp tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BOTJ vs. The Competition

MetricBank of the James Financial GroupState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$66.61M$3.24B$11.47B$8.39B
Dividend Yield2.85%3.70%5.45%4.11%
P/E Ratio8.3123.7222.4219.71
Price / Sales1.503.0627.63120.67
Price / Cash4.9110.6317.6234.62
Price / Book1.111.192.774.50
Net Income$7.94M$372.21M$1.03B$248.22M
7 Day Performance3.74%-2.60%-1.34%-0.78%
1 Month Performance6.74%3.15%5.24%11.53%
1 Year Performance32.22%17.69%538.04%8.99%

Bank of the James Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BOTJ
Bank of the James Financial Group
2.1473 of 5 stars
$14.54
+2.1%
N/A+34.0%$66.61M$44.30M8.31160
JMSB
John Marshall Bancorp
N/A$17.75
+3.7%
N/A+2.1%$253.86M$55.36M14.79140
OPRT
Oportun Financial
3.6266 of 5 stars
$6.75
+0.6%
$7.50
+11.1%
+82.9%$253.12M$295.20M-3.362,730Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SNFCA
Security National Financial
1.7001 of 5 stars
$10.26
+0.1%
N/A+18.4%$253.06M$335.45M8.351,730Positive News
TSBK
Timberland Bancorp
2.3065 of 5 stars
$31.14
+1.6%
N/A+16.1%$247.75M$73.53M10.08300News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
NWFL
Norwood Financial
2.4031 of 5 stars
$26.71
+4.3%
$28.17
+5.5%
+2.7%$247.42M$54.53M2,671.00260Positive News
High Trading Volume
LPRO
Open Lending
3.3521 of 5 stars
$2.01
+15.5%
$4.44
+120.9%
-69.5%$240.76M$24.02M67.00180Trending News
High Trading Volume
RHLD
Resolute Holdings Management
N/A$28.12
-2.9%
N/AN/A$239.75M$420.57M0.00N/APositive News
MVBF
MVB Financial
4.9666 of 5 stars
$18.51
+3.2%
$23.75
+28.3%
+1.0%$239.71M$144.02M12.10460Dividend Announcement
MBCN
Middlefield Banc
1.1335 of 5 stars
$29.51
+0.8%
$28.50
-3.4%
+24.9%$238.47M$69.17M15.37180
PKBK
Parke Bancorp
3.1017 of 5 stars
$20.04
+2.1%
N/A+15.5%$237.33M$65.32M8.83100Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:BOTJ) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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