Oak Valley Bancorp (OVLY) Competitors $29.52 +0.37 (+1.27%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$29.52 0.00 (0.00%) As of 06:10 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock OVLY vs. SBSI, AMAL, BTBT, NBN, AMTB, OPFI, ESQ, HBT, SUPV, and MCBShould you be buying Oak Valley Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oak Valley Bancorp include Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Bit Digital (BTBT), Northeast Bancorp (NBN), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), OppFi (OPFI), Esquire Financial (ESQ), HBT Financial (HBT), Grupo Supervielle (SUPV), and Metropolitan Bank (MCB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. Oak Valley Bancorp vs. Its Competitors Southside Bancshares Amalgamated Financial Bit Digital Northeast Bancorp Amerant Bancorp OppFi Esquire Financial HBT Financial Grupo Supervielle Metropolitan Bank Southside Bancshares (NYSE:SBSI) and Oak Valley Bancorp (NASDAQ:OVLY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and earnings. Do insiders & institutionals believe in SBSI or OVLY? 55.7% of Southside Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of Oak Valley Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Southside Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of Oak Valley Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SBSI or OVLY? Southside Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Oak Valley Bancorp. Oak Valley Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southside Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioSouthside Bancshares$456.07M2.04$88.49M$2.8210.99Oak Valley Bancorp$89.45M2.77$24.95M$2.9310.08 Which has more volatility and risk, SBSI or OVLY? Southside Bancshares has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oak Valley Bancorp has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is SBSI or OVLY a better dividend stock? Southside Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Oak Valley Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Southside Bancshares pays out 51.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oak Valley Bancorp pays out 20.5% 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. Southside Bancshares has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years and Oak Valley Bancorp has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Southside Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Does the media refer more to SBSI or OVLY? In the previous week, Southside Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Oak Valley Bancorp'saverage media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment Southside Bancshares Neutral Oak Valley Bancorp Neutral Is SBSI or OVLY more profitable? Oak Valley Bancorp has a net margin of 26.38% compared to Southside Bancshares' net margin of 19.07%. Oak Valley Bancorp's return on equity of 13.12% beat Southside Bancshares' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Southside Bancshares19.07% 10.59% 1.02% Oak Valley Bancorp 26.38%13.12%1.27% SummarySouthside Bancshares and Oak Valley Bancorp tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Oak Valley Bancorp News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for OVLY and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Subscribe Now View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. 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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.Skip Chart OVLY vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricOak Valley BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$247.38M$2.02B$12.49B$9.93BDividend Yield2.09%3.33%5.45%4.52%P/E Ratio10.0817.49232.3026.68Price / Sales2.772.6630.86213.69Price / Cash8.8811.9521.9558.92Price / Book1.341.342.296.09Net Income$24.95M$198.60M$1.01B$266.14M7 Day Performance3.62%-0.14%0.42%0.27%1 Month Performance12.67%7.82%3.68%4.13%1 Year Performance16.86%14.56%543.58%23.93% Oak Valley Bancorp Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)OVLYOak Valley BancorpN/A$29.52+1.3%N/A+12.2%$247.38M$89.45M10.08200SBSISouthside BancsharesN/A$30.92-0.9%N/AN/A$929.47M$260.02M10.96810AMALAmalgamated Financial3.5639 of 5 stars$29.39-2.2%$33.00+12.3%-9.1%$904.48M$434.51M8.80380Positive NewsBTBTBit Digital3.3105 of 5 stars$2.78-3.5%$6.33+127.8%-10.8%$893.58M$155.09M-8.9710News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst RevisionGap UpNBNNortheast Bancorp3.0771 of 5 stars$109.10+0.8%$97.50-10.6%+61.8%$888.58M$183.68M10.82180Positive NewsAMTBAmerant BancorpN/A$21.20-0.4%N/AN/A$888.43M$605.50M-106.00680OPFIOppFi3.7273 of 5 stars$10.00+2.2%$13.63+36.3%+140.0%$853.85M$525.96M-7.63570Gap DownESQEsquire Financial2.0637 of 5 stars$98.74-0.7%$100.50+1.8%+62.7%$849.07M$138.27M18.22110HBTHBT Financial4.0598 of 5 stars$26.32-1.0%$28.80+9.4%+21.7%$837.14M$230.41M10.88730News CoverageShort Interest ↑SUPVGrupo Supervielle4.1806 of 5 stars$8.13-10.5%$17.00+109.1%+0.7%$803.89M$2.05B12.323,456Positive NewsShort Interest ↑Gap UpMCBMetropolitan Bank2.8813 of 5 stars$77.44+0.7%$82.67+6.7%+57.3%$801.61M$492.21M12.55240News CoveragePositive NewsInsider Trade Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Southside Bancshares Competitors Amalgamated Financial Competitors Bit Digital Competitors Northeast Bancorp Competitors Amerant Bancorp Competitors OppFi Competitors Esquire Financial Competitors HBT Financial Competitors Grupo Supervielle Competitors Metropolitan Bank Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:OVLY) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhy Trump’s “Smart Dollar” could rewrite the rulesMUST SEE: Donald Trump's Radical Overhaul of the U.S. Dollar Congress just approved President Trump's lates...Stansberry Research | Sponsored“Sell Nvidia before earnings”Eric Fry just went live with one of his most controversial calls yet: “Sell Nvidia.” While Wall Street has bee...InvestorPlace | SponsoredHow “Trump’s New Dollar” Could Impact Your WealthPresident Trump just signed a game-changing law… That could soon upgrade the U.S. dollar in your checking a...Brownstone Research | SponsoredForget Tesla — This Tiny AI Stock Is Musk’s Real PlayWhile Wall Street focused on Tesla’s earnings, Elon Musk was quietly building a supercomputer so powerful it c...Behind the Markets | SponsoredRetire Comfortably with These New Monthly Income ETFs?Too many retirees lie awake at night, worried their savings won’t last. 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