OVBC vs. SMBC, FSBC, ORRF, FUFU, SPFI, SMBK, YRD, CBNK, ALRS, and HKD
Should you be buying Ohio Valley Banc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ohio Valley Banc include Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), Five Star Bancorp (FSBC), Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF), BitFuFu (FUFU), South Plains Financial (SPFI), SmartFinancial (SMBK), Yiren Digital (YRD), Capital Bancorp (CBNK), Alerus Financial (ALRS), and AMTD Digital (HKD). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Ohio Valley Banc vs. Its Competitors
Ohio Valley Banc (NASDAQ:OVBC) and Southern Missouri Bancorp (NASDAQ:SMBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Southern Missouri Bancorp received 107 more outperform votes than Ohio Valley Banc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.62% of users gave Southern Missouri Bancorp an outperform vote while only 28.36% of users gave Ohio Valley Banc an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Ohio Valley Banc and Ohio Valley Banc both had 2 articles in the media. Southern Missouri Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Ohio Valley Banc's score of 1.21 indicating that Southern Missouri Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ohio Valley Banc has a beta of 0.12, meaning that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern Missouri Bancorp has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ohio Valley Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Southern Missouri Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Ohio Valley Banc pays out 34.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southern Missouri Bancorp pays out 18.5% 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. Ohio Valley Banc has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Southern Missouri Bancorp has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
Southern Missouri Bancorp has a consensus price target of $66.33, suggesting a potential upside of 25.16%. Given Southern Missouri Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Southern Missouri Bancorp is more favorable than Ohio Valley Banc.
Southern Missouri Bancorp has a net margin of 17.72% compared to Ohio Valley Banc's net margin of 12.37%. Southern Missouri Bancorp's return on equity of 10.45% beat Ohio Valley Banc's return on equity.
Southern Missouri Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Ohio Valley Banc. Southern Missouri Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ohio Valley Banc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
22.1% of Ohio Valley Banc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of Southern Missouri Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of Ohio Valley Banc shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Southern Missouri Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Southern Missouri Bancorp beats Ohio Valley Banc on 18 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:OVBC) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
