MNSB vs. CBFV, UNB, OVBC, HNVR, RMBI, FCCO, EBMT, PWOD, CFFI, and FRAF
Should you be buying MainStreet Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MainStreet Bancshares include CB Financial Services (CBFV), Union Bankshares (UNB), Ohio Valley Banc (OVBC), Hanover Bancorp (HNVR), Richmond Mutual Bancorporation (RMBI), First Community (FCCO), Eagle Bancorp Montana (EBMT), Penns Woods Bancorp (PWOD), C&F Financial (CFFI), and Franklin Financial Services (FRAF). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
CB Financial Services (NASDAQ:CBFV) and MainStreet Bancshares (NASDAQ:MNSB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
33.1% of CB Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of MainStreet Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of CB Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of MainStreet Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CB Financial Services has a net margin of 25.36% compared to CB Financial Services' net margin of 16.55%. CB Financial Services' return on equity of 11.56% beat MainStreet Bancshares' return on equity.
CB Financial Services presently has a consensus price target of $24.33, indicating a potential upside of 9.12%. MainStreet Bancshares has a consensus price target of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 44.93%. Given CB Financial Services' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MainStreet Bancshares is more favorable than CB Financial Services.
CB Financial Services received 127 more outperform votes than MainStreet Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 44.44% of users gave MainStreet Bancshares an outperform vote while only 39.94% of users gave CB Financial Services an outperform vote.
CB Financial Services has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MainStreet Bancshares has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MainStreet Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than CB Financial Services. CB Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MainStreet Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CB Financial Services had 1 more articles in the media than MainStreet Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for CB Financial Services and 8 mentions for MainStreet Bancshares. CB Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat MainStreet Bancshares' score of 0.65 indicating that MainStreet Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CB Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. MainStreet Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. CB Financial Services pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MainStreet Bancshares pays out 15.4% 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. 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 longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
MainStreet Bancshares beats CB Financial Services on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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