Mid-Southern Bancorp (MSVB) Competitors

Western New England Bancorp (NASDAQ:WNEB) and Mid-Southern Bancorp (NASDAQ:MSVB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in WNEB or MSVB?

67.9% of Western New England Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of Mid-Southern Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Western New England Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Mid-Southern Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WNEB or MSVB a better dividend stock?

Western New England Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Mid-Southern Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Western New England Bancorp pays out 52.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mid-Southern Bancorp pays out -10.3% 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.

Do analysts recommend WNEB or MSVB?

Western New England Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential downside of 8.80%. Given Western New England Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Western New England Bancorp is more favorable than Mid-Southern Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Western New England Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Mid-Southern Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor WNEB or MSVB?

In the previous week, Western New England Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Mid-Southern Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Western New England Bancorp and 0 mentions for Mid-Southern Bancorp. Western New England Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Mid-Southern Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Western New England Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Western New England Bancorp	Positive
Mid-Southern Bancorp	Neutral

Is WNEB or MSVB more profitable?

Western New England Bancorp has a net margin of 9.51% compared to Mid-Southern Bancorp's net margin of 9.43%. Western New England Bancorp's return on equity of 4.91% beat Mid-Southern Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Western New England Bancorp	9.51%	4.91%	0.45%
Mid-Southern Bancorp	9.43%	3.08%	0.45%

Which has better earnings and valuation, WNEB or MSVB?

Western New England Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Mid-Southern Bancorp. Mid-Southern Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Western New England 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
Western New England Bancorp	$72.99M	2.66	$11.67M	$0.53	17.58
Mid-Southern Bancorp	$8.88M	4.98	$1.46M	-$2.34	-6.74

Which has more risk & volatility, WNEB or MSVB?

Western New England Bancorp has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mid-Southern Bancorp has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WNEB or MSVB?

Western New England Bancorp received 300 more outperform votes than Mid-Southern Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.94% of users gave Western New England Bancorp an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Mid-Southern Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Western New England Bancorp	Outperform Votes 300 58.94%	Underperform Votes 209 41.06%
Mid-Southern Bancorp	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 3 100.00%

Summary

Western New England Bancorp beats Mid-Southern Bancorp on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.