John Marshall Bancorp (JMSB) Competitors

Amalgamated Financial (NASDAQ:AMAL) and John Marshall Bancorp (NASDAQ:JMSB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and risk.

Is AMAL or JMSB a better dividend stock?

Amalgamated Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. John Marshall Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Amalgamated Financial pays out 16.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. John Marshall Bancorp 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. Amalgamated Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AMAL or JMSB?

Amalgamated Financial has higher revenue and earnings than John Marshall Bancorp. Amalgamated Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than John Marshall Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amalgamated Financial	$316.48M	2.73	$106.43M	$3.37	8.36
John Marshall Bancorp	$55.36M	4.43	$17.12M	$1.24	13.86

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AMAL or JMSB?

75.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.1% of John Marshall Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.7% of John Marshall Bancorp 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.

Do analysts recommend AMAL or JMSB?

Amalgamated Financial presently has a consensus price target of $36.50, indicating a potential upside of 29.62%. Given Amalgamated Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Amalgamated Financial is more favorable than John Marshall Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amalgamated Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
John Marshall Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer AMAL or JMSB?

In the previous week, Amalgamated Financial had 4 more articles in the media than John Marshall Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Amalgamated Financial and 10 mentions for John Marshall Bancorp. John Marshall Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Amalgamated Financial's score of 0.62 indicating that John Marshall Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amalgamated Financial	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
John Marshall Bancorp	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, AMAL or JMSB?

Amalgamated Financial has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Marshall Bancorp has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AMAL or JMSB?

Amalgamated Financial received 40 more outperform votes than John Marshall Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.97% of users gave John Marshall Bancorp an outperform vote while only 56.63% of users gave Amalgamated Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Amalgamated Financial	Outperform Votes 94 56.63%	Underperform Votes 72 43.37%
John Marshall Bancorp	Outperform Votes 54 72.97%	Underperform Votes 20 27.03%

Is AMAL or JMSB more profitable?

Amalgamated Financial has a net margin of 24.50% compared to John Marshall Bancorp's net margin of 15.23%. Amalgamated Financial's return on equity of 16.49% beat John Marshall Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amalgamated Financial	24.50%	16.49%	1.30%
John Marshall Bancorp	15.23%	7.20%	0.76%

Summary

Amalgamated Financial beats John Marshall Bancorp on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.