FUNC vs. VABK, HWBK, UBFO, ATLO, NKSH, FNCB, LARK, LCNB, MRBK, and CFBK
Should you be buying First United stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First United include Virginia National Bankshares (VABK), Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK), United Security Bancshares (UBFO), Ames National (ATLO), National Bankshares (NKSH), FNCB Bancorp (FNCB), Landmark Bancorp (LARK), LCNB (LCNB), Meridian (MRBK), and CF Bankshares (CFBK). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Virginia National Bankshares (NASDAQ:VABK) and First United (NASDAQ:FUNC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Virginia National Bankshares has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First United has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Virginia National Bankshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First United. Virginia National Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First United, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First United received 134 more outperform votes than Virginia National Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users.
37.4% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.3% of First United shares are held by institutional investors. 12.6% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of First United shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Virginia National Bankshares has a net margin of 21.09% compared to Virginia National Bankshares' net margin of 13.82%. First United's return on equity of 11.91% beat Virginia National Bankshares' return on equity.
In the previous week, First United had 4 more articles in the media than Virginia National Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for First United and 3 mentions for Virginia National Bankshares. Virginia National Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat First United's score of 0.13 indicating that First United is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Virginia National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. First United pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Virginia National Bankshares pays out 41.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First United pays out 37.2% 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. Virginia National Bankshares has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and First United has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
Virginia National Bankshares beats First United on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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