CBFV vs. OVBC, EBMT, HNVR, MNSB, UNB, FXNC, RMBI, FCCO, SBFG, and CFFI
Should you be buying CB Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CB Financial Services include Ohio Valley Banc (OVBC), Eagle Bancorp Montana (EBMT), Hanover Bancorp (HNVR), MainStreet Bancshares (MNSB), Union Bankshares (UNB), First National (FXNC), Richmond Mutual Bancorporation (RMBI), First Community (FCCO), SB Financial Group (SBFG), and C&F Financial (CFFI). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Ohio Valley Banc (NASDAQ:OVBC) and CB Financial Services (NASDAQ:CBFV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
CB Financial Services has a net margin of 26.15% compared to CB Financial Services' net margin of 16.96%. Ohio Valley Banc's return on equity of 10.26% beat CB Financial Services' return on equity.
In the previous week, Ohio Valley Banc had 5 more articles in the media than CB Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ohio Valley Banc and 2 mentions for CB Financial Services. Ohio Valley Banc's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat CB Financial Services' score of 0.32 indicating that CB Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ohio Valley Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. CB Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Ohio Valley Banc pays out 33.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CB Financial Services pays out 22.9% 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. Ohio Valley Banc has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and CB Financial Services has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. CB Financial Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
CB Financial Services received 61 more outperform votes than Ohio Valley Banc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 40.18% of users gave CB Financial Services an outperform vote while only 33.18% of users gave Ohio Valley Banc an outperform vote.
CB Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than Ohio Valley Banc. CB Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ohio Valley Banc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CB Financial Services has a consensus price target of $24.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.62%. Given Ohio Valley Banc's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CB Financial Services is more favorable than Ohio Valley Banc.
Ohio Valley Banc has a beta of 0.11, meaning that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CB Financial Services has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
22.1% of Ohio Valley Banc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.1% of CB Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Ohio Valley Banc shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of CB Financial Services shares are owned by 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
CB Financial Services beats Ohio Valley Banc on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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