QCR (QCRH) Competitors

Atlantic Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:AUB) and QCR (NASDAQ:QCRH) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Is AUB or QCRH a better dividend stock?

Atlantic Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. QCR pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays out 62.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. QCR pays out 3.6% 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. Atlantic Union Bankshares has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Atlantic Union Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, AUB or QCRH?

Atlantic Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QCR has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer AUB or QCRH?

Atlantic Union Bankshares currently has a consensus price target of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.54%. QCR has a consensus price target of $85.33, indicating a potential upside of 28.15%. Given QCR's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe QCR is more favorable than Atlantic Union Bankshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atlantic Union Bankshares	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
QCR	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AUB or QCRH?

QCR received 270 more outperform votes than Atlantic Union Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.49% of users gave QCR an outperform vote while only 63.41% of users gave Atlantic Union Bankshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Atlantic Union Bankshares	Outperform Votes 26 63.41%	Underperform Votes 15 36.59%
QCR	Outperform Votes 296 65.49%	Underperform Votes 156 34.51%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in AUB or QCRH?

78.6% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of QCR shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of QCR shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, AUB or QCRH?

Atlantic Union Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than QCR. QCR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlantic Union Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Atlantic Union Bankshares	$857.44M	5.25	$209.13M	$2.19	14.42
QCR	$332.65M	3.39	$113.85M	$6.65	10.01

Does the media prefer AUB or QCRH?

In the previous week, Atlantic Union Bankshares had 3 more articles in the media than QCR. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Atlantic Union Bankshares and 2 mentions for QCR. QCR's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Atlantic Union Bankshares' score of 0.92 indicating that QCR is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Atlantic Union Bankshares	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
QCR	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is AUB or QCRH more profitable?

QCR has a net margin of 19.06% compared to Atlantic Union Bankshares' net margin of 15.53%. QCR's return on equity of 12.68% beat Atlantic Union Bankshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atlantic Union Bankshares	15.53%	8.50%	1.06%
QCR	19.06%	12.68%	1.35%

Summary

QCR beats Atlantic Union Bankshares on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.