BSVN vs. FRBA, BMRC, LNKB, HMST, JMSB, OBT, UNTY, MVBF, ORRF, and CVCY
Should you be buying Bank7 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank7 include First Bank (FRBA), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), LINKBANCORP (LNKB), HomeStreet (HMST), John Marshall Bancorp (JMSB), Orange County Bancorp (OBT), Unity Bancorp (UNTY), MVB Financial (MVBF), Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF), and Central Valley Community Bancorp (CVCY). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Bank7 (NASDAQ:BSVN) and First Bank (NASDAQ:FRBA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Bank7 has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Bank has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
23.5% of Bank7 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.9% of First Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 44.0% of Bank7 shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of First Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Bank7 currently has a consensus price target of $32.67, suggesting a potential upside of 18.40%. First Bank has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.06%. Given Bank7's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Bank7 is more favorable than First Bank.
Bank7 has a net margin of 21.70% compared to First Bank's net margin of 12.06%. Bank7's return on equity of 17.97% beat First Bank's return on equity.
First Bank received 172 more outperform votes than Bank7 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.45% of users gave First Bank an outperform vote while only 57.72% of users gave Bank7 an outperform vote.
Bank7 pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. First Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Bank7 pays out 26.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Bank 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.
Bank7 has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Bank. Bank7 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Bank7 had 2 more articles in the media than First Bank. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Bank7 and 4 mentions for First Bank. Bank7's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat First Bank's score of 0.01 indicating that Bank7 is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Bank7 beats First Bank on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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