SB Financial Group (SBFG) Competitors

SB Financial Group (NASDAQ:SBFG) and HarborOne Bancorp (NASDAQ:HONE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

Is SBFG or HONE more profitable?

SB Financial Group has a net margin of 14.10% compared to HarborOne Bancorp's net margin of 8.61%. SB Financial Group's return on equity of 8.98% beat HarborOne Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SB Financial Group	14.10%	8.98%	0.84%
HarborOne Bancorp	8.61%	4.63%	0.46%

Do analysts recommend SBFG or HONE?

HarborOne Bancorp has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.56%. Given HarborOne Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HarborOne Bancorp is more favorable than SB Financial Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SB Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
HarborOne Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SBFG or HONE?

HarborOne Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than SB Financial Group. SB Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HarborOne Bancorp, 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
SB Financial Group	$59.19M	2.12	$11.47M	$1.70	11.33
HarborOne Bancorp	$167.77M	2.89	$27.41M	$0.63	17.86

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SBFG or HONE?

66.7% of SB Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.0% of HarborOne Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of SB Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of HarborOne Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SBFG or HONE?

HarborOne Bancorp received 127 more outperform votes than SB Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.24% of users gave HarborOne Bancorp an outperform vote while only 39.77% of users gave SB Financial Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SB Financial Group	Outperform Votes 140 39.77%	Underperform Votes 212 60.23%
HarborOne Bancorp	Outperform Votes 267 61.24%	Underperform Votes 169 38.76%

Is SBFG or HONE a better dividend stock?

SB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. HarborOne Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. SB Financial Group pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HarborOne Bancorp pays out 57.1% 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. SB Financial Group has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and HarborOne Bancorp has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Which has more risk and volatility, SBFG or HONE?

SB Financial Group has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HarborOne Bancorp has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SBFG or HONE?

In the previous week, HarborOne Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than SB Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for HarborOne Bancorp and 1 mentions for SB Financial Group. SB Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat HarborOne Bancorp's score of 0.83 indicating that SB Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SB Financial Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HarborOne Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

HarborOne Bancorp beats SB Financial Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.