NKSH vs. ATLO, FLIC, FNLC, FISI, CAC, HAFC, LCNB, FUNC, VABK, and HWBK
Should you be buying National Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Bankshares include Ames National (ATLO), First of Long Island (FLIC), First Bancorp (FNLC), Financial Institutions (FISI), Camden National (CAC), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), LCNB (LCNB), First United (FUNC), Virginia National Bankshares (VABK), and Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Ames National (NASDAQ:ATLO) and National Bankshares (NASDAQ:NKSH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.
26.5% of Ames National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.7% of National Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Ames National shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of National Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Ames National and Ames National both had 2 articles in the media. National Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Ames National's score of 0.67 indicating that Ames National is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ames National has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Bankshares has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
National Bankshares received 58 more outperform votes than Ames National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.80% of users gave Ames National an outperform vote while only 49.36% of users gave National Bankshares an outperform vote.
National Bankshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ames National. National Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ames National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
National Bankshares has a consensus target price of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.77%. Given Ames National's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe National Bankshares is more favorable than Ames National.
National Bankshares has a net margin of 23.01% compared to National Bankshares' net margin of 12.95%. Ames National's return on equity of 12.16% beat National Bankshares' return on equity.
Ames National pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Ames National pays out 89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. National Bankshares pays out 58.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
National Bankshares beats Ames National on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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