National Bankshares (NKSH) Competitors

National Bankshares (NASDAQ:NKSH) and Camden National (NASDAQ:CAC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.

Is NKSH or CAC a better dividend stock?

National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Camden National pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. National Bankshares pays out 107.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Camden National pays out 53.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NKSH or CAC?

29.7% of National Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.4% of Camden National shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of National Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Camden National shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, NKSH or CAC?

National Bankshares has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camden National has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NKSH or CAC more profitable?

Camden National has a net margin of 18.02% compared to National Bankshares' net margin of 9.64%. Camden National's return on equity of 10.38% beat National Bankshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Bankshares	9.64%	5.00%	0.43%
Camden National	18.02%	10.38%	0.93%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, NKSH or CAC?

Camden National has higher revenue and earnings than National Bankshares. Camden National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National 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
National Bankshares	$47.72M	3.45	$7.62M	$1.36	19.01
Camden National	$189.74M	3.44	$53M	$3.14	12.32

Do analysts rate NKSH or CAC?

National Bankshares currently has a consensus target price of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.95%. Camden National has a consensus target price of $47.33, indicating a potential upside of 22.31%. Given National Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe National Bankshares is more favorable than Camden National.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Bankshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Camden National	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NKSH or CAC?

National Bankshares received 4 more outperform votes than Camden National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.68% of users gave Camden National an outperform vote while only 49.09% of users gave National Bankshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
National Bankshares	Outperform Votes 269 49.09%	Underperform Votes 279 50.91%
Camden National	Outperform Votes 265 59.68%	Underperform Votes 179 40.32%

Does the media refer more to NKSH or CAC?

In the previous week, National Bankshares and National Bankshares both had 3 articles in the media. Camden National's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat National Bankshares' score of 1.29 indicating that Camden National is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
National Bankshares	Positive
Camden National	Very Positive

Summary

Camden National beats National Bankshares on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.