OPBK vs. PWOD, FINW, FRAF, FCCO, RMBI, CFFI, PEBK, UNB, MNSB, and HNVR
Should you be buying OP Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OP Bancorp include Penns Woods Bancorp (PWOD), FinWise Bancorp (FINW), Franklin Financial Services (FRAF), First Community (FCCO), Richmond Mutual Bancorporation (RMBI), C&F Financial (CFFI), Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (PEBK), Union Bankshares (UNB), MainStreet Bancshares (MNSB), and Hanover Bancorp (HNVR). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Penns Woods Bancorp (NASDAQ:PWOD) and OP Bancorp (NASDAQ:OPBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Penns Woods Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. OP Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Penns Woods Bancorp pays out 55.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OP Bancorp pays out 31.2% 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.
27.9% of Penns Woods Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.6% of OP Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Penns Woods Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.9% of OP Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
OP Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Penns Woods Bancorp. OP Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Penns Woods Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Penns Woods Bancorp received 25 more outperform votes than OP Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.24% of users gave OP Bancorp an outperform vote while only 44.86% of users gave Penns Woods Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, OP Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Penns Woods Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for OP Bancorp and 2 mentions for Penns Woods Bancorp. OP Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Penns Woods Bancorp's score of 0.46 indicating that Penns Woods Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
OP Bancorp has a net margin of 17.61% compared to OP Bancorp's net margin of 16.61%. Penns Woods Bancorp's return on equity of 12.85% beat OP Bancorp's return on equity.
Penns Woods Bancorp has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OP Bancorp has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
OP Bancorp beats Penns Woods Bancorp on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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