FMNB vs. EFSC, OFG, CHCO, FBNC, FCF, LKFN, SRCE, GABC, STBA, and NBHC
Should you be buying Farmers National Banc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Farmers National Banc include Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), OFG Bancorp (OFG), City (CHCO), First Bancorp (FBNC), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Lakeland Financial (LKFN), 1st Source (SRCE), German American Bancorp (GABC), S&T Bancorp (STBA), and National Bank (NBHC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Farmers National Banc vs.
Farmers National Banc (NASDAQ:FMNB) and Enterprise Financial Services (NASDAQ:EFSC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
Enterprise Financial Services has a net margin of 20.12% compared to Farmers National Banc's net margin of 17.05%. Farmers National Banc's return on equity of 11.71% beat Enterprise Financial Services' return on equity.
Farmers National Banc presently has a consensus price target of $15.33, indicating a potential upside of 17.49%. Enterprise Financial Services has a consensus price target of $64.33, indicating a potential upside of 22.43%. Given Enterprise Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Enterprise Financial Services is more favorable than Farmers National Banc.
Enterprise Financial Services received 96 more outperform votes than Farmers National Banc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.49% of users gave Enterprise Financial Services an outperform vote while only 53.33% of users gave Farmers National Banc an outperform vote.
Farmers National Banc has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Financial Services has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Enterprise Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than Farmers National Banc. Farmers National Banc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enterprise Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Enterprise Financial Services had 5 more articles in the media than Farmers National Banc. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Enterprise Financial Services and 2 mentions for Farmers National Banc. Enterprise Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Farmers National Banc's score of 0.62 indicating that Enterprise Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
38.7% of Farmers National Banc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Enterprise Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Farmers National Banc shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Enterprise Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Farmers National Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Enterprise Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Farmers National Banc pays out 53.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enterprise Financial Services pays out 23.5% 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. Enterprise Financial Services has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
Summary
Enterprise Financial Services beats Farmers National Banc on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FMNB) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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