SB Financial Group (SBFG) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SMBK or SBFG?

58.8% of SmartFinancial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of SB Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of SmartFinancial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of SB Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to SMBK or SBFG?

In the previous week, SB Financial Group had 8 more articles in the media than SmartFinancial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for SB Financial Group and 0 mentions for SmartFinancial. SmartFinancial's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat SB Financial Group's score of 0.83 indicating that SmartFinancial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
SmartFinancial	Positive
SB Financial Group	Positive

Is SMBK or SBFG a better dividend stock?

SmartFinancial pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. SB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. SmartFinancial pays out 14.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SB Financial Group pays out 34.9% 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. SB Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is SMBK or SBFG more profitable?

SB Financial Group has a net margin of 14.10% compared to SmartFinancial's net margin of 12.67%. SB Financial Group's return on equity of 8.98% beat SmartFinancial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SmartFinancial	12.67%	7.33%	0.71%
SB Financial Group	14.10%	8.98%	0.84%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, SMBK or SBFG?

SmartFinancial has higher revenue and earnings than SB Financial Group. SB Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SmartFinancial, 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
SmartFinancial	$178.24M	2.95	$36.14M	$2.26	13.65
SB Financial Group	$56.94M	2.23	$11.47M	$1.72	11.28

Which has more risk & volatility, SMBK or SBFG?

SmartFinancial has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SB Financial Group has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SMBK or SBFG?

SmartFinancial received 54 more outperform votes than SB Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.96% of users gave SmartFinancial an outperform vote while only 39.60% of users gave SB Financial Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SmartFinancial	Outperform Votes 193 57.96%	Underperform Votes 140 42.04%
SB Financial Group	Outperform Votes 139 39.60%	Underperform Votes 212 60.40%

Do analysts recommend SMBK or SBFG?

SmartFinancial presently has a consensus target price of $33.70, suggesting a potential upside of 9.22%. Given SmartFinancial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe SmartFinancial is more favorable than SB Financial Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SmartFinancial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
SB Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

SmartFinancial beats SB Financial Group on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.