FRAF vs. OVBC, CBFV, HNVR, FXNC, LNKB, FINW, EBMT, SBNY, FCCO, and CWBC
Should you be buying Franklin Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin Financial Services include Ohio Valley Banc (OVBC), CB Financial Services (CBFV), Hanover Bancorp (HNVR), First National (FXNC), LINKBANCORP (LNKB), FinWise Bancorp (FINW), Eagle Bancorp Montana (EBMT), Signature Bank (SBNY), First Community (FCCO), and Community West Bancshares (CWBC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Franklin Financial Services (NASDAQ:FRAF) and Ohio Valley Banc (NASDAQ:OVBC) 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, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Ohio Valley Banc received 74 more outperform votes than Franklin Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users.
24.8% of Franklin Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.1% of Ohio Valley Banc shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of Franklin Financial Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Ohio Valley Banc shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Franklin Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than Ohio Valley Banc. Franklin 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.
Franklin Financial Services has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ohio Valley Banc has a beta of 0.11, meaning that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ohio Valley Banc had 3 more articles in the media than Franklin Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ohio Valley Banc and 1 mentions for Franklin Financial Services. Franklin Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Ohio Valley Banc's score of 0.70 indicating that Franklin Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Franklin Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Ohio Valley Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Franklin Financial Services pays out 41.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ohio Valley Banc pays out 33.2% 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.
Ohio Valley Banc has a net margin of 16.96% compared to Franklin Financial Services' net margin of 14.84%. Franklin Financial Services' return on equity of 11.10% beat Ohio Valley Banc's return on equity.
Summary
Franklin Financial Services beats Ohio Valley Banc on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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