Rhinebeck Bancorp (RBKB) Competitors

Shore Bancshares (NASDAQ:SHBI) and Rhinebeck Bancorp (NASDAQ:RBKB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Do analysts rate SHBI or RBKB?

Shore Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.91%. Given Shore Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Shore Bancshares is more favorable than Rhinebeck Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shore Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Rhinebeck Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SHBI or RBKB?

Shore Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Rhinebeck Bancorp. Rhinebeck Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shore Bancshares, 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
Shore Bancshares	$207.03M	2.39	$43.89M	$1.49	9.95
Rhinebeck Bancorp	$31.10M	3.92	-$8.62M	-$0.70	-15.69

Does the media refer more to SHBI or RBKB?

In the previous week, Shore Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than Rhinebeck Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Shore Bancshares and 0 mentions for Rhinebeck Bancorp. Shore Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Rhinebeck Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Shore Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Shore Bancshares	Very Positive
Rhinebeck Bancorp	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SHBI or RBKB?

59.8% of Shore Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.9% of Rhinebeck Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Shore Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Rhinebeck Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SHBI or RBKB?

Shore Bancshares received 152 more outperform votes than Rhinebeck Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.84% of users gave Shore Bancshares an outperform vote while only 54.69% of users gave Rhinebeck Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shore Bancshares	Outperform Votes 187 56.84%	Underperform Votes 142 43.16%
Rhinebeck Bancorp	Outperform Votes 35 54.69%	Underperform Votes 29 45.31%

Which has more risk & volatility, SHBI or RBKB?

Shore Bancshares has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rhinebeck Bancorp has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SHBI or RBKB more profitable?

Shore Bancshares has a net margin of 13.44% compared to Rhinebeck Bancorp's net margin of -15.89%. Shore Bancshares' return on equity of 10.40% beat Rhinebeck Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shore Bancshares	13.44%	10.40%	0.93%
Rhinebeck Bancorp	-15.89%	3.44%	0.32%

Summary

Shore Bancshares beats Rhinebeck Bancorp on 17 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.