ORRF vs. UNTY, BCML, CVCY, PKBK, SBBX, BY, QCRH, FBMS, FMBH, and BHRB
Should you be buying Orrstown Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orrstown Financial Services include Unity Bancorp (UNTY), BayCom (BCML), Central Valley Community Bancorp (CVCY), Parke Bancorp (PKBK), SB One Bancorp (SBBX), Byline Bancorp (BY), QCR (QCRH), First Bancshares (FBMS), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), and Burke & Herbert Financial Services (BHRB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Orrstown Financial Services (NASDAQ:ORRF) and Unity Bancorp (NASDAQ:UNTY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.
44.3% of Orrstown Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.3% of Unity Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Orrstown Financial Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.9% of Unity Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Unity Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Orrstown Financial Services. Unity Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orrstown Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Orrstown Financial Services had 4 more articles in the media than Unity Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Orrstown Financial Services and 8 mentions for Unity Bancorp. Orrstown Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Unity Bancorp's score of 0.32 indicating that Orrstown Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Orrstown Financial Services received 73 more outperform votes than Unity Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.40% of users gave Unity Bancorp an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave Orrstown Financial Services an outperform vote.
Orrstown Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Unity Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Orrstown Financial Services pays out 23.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unity Bancorp pays out 13.7% 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.
Orrstown Financial Services has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unity Bancorp has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Orrstown Financial Services presently has a consensus price target of $31.50, indicating a potential downside of 8.67%. Unity Bancorp has a consensus price target of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.67%. Given Unity Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Unity Bancorp is more favorable than Orrstown Financial Services.
Unity Bancorp has a net margin of 24.37% compared to Orrstown Financial Services' net margin of 17.26%. Unity Bancorp's return on equity of 14.90% beat Orrstown Financial Services' return on equity.
Summary
Unity Bancorp beats Orrstown Financial Services on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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