Northeast Bank (NBN) Competitors

Northeast Bank (NASDAQ:NBN) and Atlantic Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:AUB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Is NBN or AUB a better dividend stock?

Northeast Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Northeast Bank pays out 0.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays out 62.1% 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. Atlantic Union Bankshares has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Atlantic Union Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in NBN or AUB?

78.6% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 14.2% of Northeast Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, NBN or AUB?

Northeast Bank has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlantic Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NBN or AUB?

Northeast Bank received 122 more outperform votes than Atlantic Union Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Atlantic Union Bankshares an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Northeast Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northeast Bank	Outperform Votes 147 60.00%	Underperform Votes 98 40.00%
Atlantic Union Bankshares	Outperform Votes 25 62.50%	Underperform Votes 15 37.50%

Do analysts prefer NBN or AUB?

Northeast Bank currently has a consensus price target of $97.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.91%. Atlantic Union Bankshares has a consensus price target of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.49%. Given Atlantic Union Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Atlantic Union Bankshares is more favorable than Northeast Bank.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northeast Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Atlantic Union Bankshares	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is NBN or AUB more profitable?

Northeast Bank has a net margin of 22.87% compared to Atlantic Union Bankshares' net margin of 15.53%. Atlantic Union Bankshares' return on equity of 8.50% beat Northeast Bank's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northeast Bank	22.87%	N/A	N/A
Atlantic Union Bankshares	15.53%	8.50%	1.06%

Does the media refer more to NBN or AUB?

In the previous week, Atlantic Union Bankshares had 1 more articles in the media than Northeast Bank. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Atlantic Union Bankshares and 4 mentions for Northeast Bank. Northeast Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Atlantic Union Bankshares' score of 1.03 indicating that Northeast Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Northeast Bank	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Atlantic Union Bankshares	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation and earnings, NBN or AUB?

Atlantic Union Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than Northeast Bank. Northeast Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlantic Union Bankshares, 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
Northeast Bank	$183.68M	3.73	$58.23M	$8.99	9.28
Atlantic Union Bankshares	$857.44M	4.89	$209.13M	$2.19	13.44

Summary

Atlantic Union Bankshares beats Northeast Bank on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.