Mid-Southern Bancorp (MSVB) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate MSVB or WNEB?

Western New England Bancorp has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.68%. Given Western New England Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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
Mid-Southern Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Western New England Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MSVB or WNEB?

10.1% of Mid-Southern Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Western New England Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of Mid-Southern Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Western New England Bancorp shares are held by 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 MSVB or WNEB a better dividend stock?

Mid-Southern Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Western New England Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Mid-Southern Bancorp pays out -5.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western New England Bancorp pays out 47.5% 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.

Does the media refer more to MSVB or WNEB?

In the previous week, Western New England Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Mid-Southern Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Western New England Bancorp and 0 mentions for Mid-Southern Bancorp. Western New England Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Mid-Southern Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Western New England Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Is MSVB or WNEB 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 5.07% beat Mid-Southern Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mid-Southern Bancorp	9.43%	3.08%	0.45%
Western New England Bancorp	9.51%	5.07%	0.45%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, MSVB or WNEB?

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
Mid-Southern Bancorp	$8.88M	6.55	$1.46M	-$2.34	-7.14
Western New England Bancorp	$75.69M	3.09	$11.67M	$0.59	19.36

Which has more risk & volatility, MSVB or WNEB?

Mid-Southern Bancorp has a beta of 0.18, indicating that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western New England Bancorp has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Western New England Bancorp beats Mid-Southern Bancorp on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.