OVBC vs. ORRF, IBCP, RHLD, MPB, CNCK, FUFU, SPFI, HONE, SMBK, and NPB
Should you be buying Ohio Valley Banc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ohio Valley Banc include Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF), Independent Bank (IBCP), Resolute Holdings Management (RHLD), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), Coincheck Group (CNCK), BitFuFu (FUFU), South Plains Financial (SPFI), HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), SmartFinancial (SMBK), and Northpointe Bancshares (NPB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Ohio Valley Banc vs. Its Competitors
Orrstown Financial Services (NASDAQ:ORRF) and Ohio Valley Banc (NASDAQ:OVBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
Orrstown Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than Ohio Valley Banc. Ohio Valley Banc 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.
Orrstown Financial Services has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ohio Valley Banc has a beta of 0.05, suggesting that its share price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ohio Valley Banc has a net margin of 14.81% compared to Orrstown Financial Services' net margin of 11.97%. Orrstown Financial Services' return on equity of 14.69% beat Ohio Valley Banc's return on equity.
Orrstown Financial Services currently has a consensus target price of $39.25, indicating a potential upside of 21.55%. Given Orrstown Financial Services' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Orrstown Financial Services is more favorable than Ohio Valley Banc.
In the previous week, Orrstown Financial Services had 4 more articles in the media than Ohio Valley Banc. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Orrstown Financial Services and 0 mentions for Ohio Valley Banc. Orrstown Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Ohio Valley Banc's score of 0.00 indicating that Orrstown Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
44.3% of Orrstown Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.1% of Ohio Valley Banc shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Orrstown Financial Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Ohio Valley Banc shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Orrstown Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Ohio Valley Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Orrstown Financial Services pays out 48.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ohio Valley Banc pays out 31.3% 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 raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Ohio Valley Banc has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Orrstown Financial Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Orrstown Financial Services beats Ohio Valley Banc on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:OVBC) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
