SB Financial Group (SBFG) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EBMT or SBFG?

35.7% of Eagle Bancorp Montana shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of SB Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of Eagle Bancorp Montana shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of SB Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor EBMT or SBFG?

In the previous week, Eagle Bancorp Montana had 10 more articles in the media than SB Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Eagle Bancorp Montana and 5 mentions for SB Financial Group. Eagle Bancorp Montana's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat SB Financial Group's score of 0.35 indicating that SB Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Eagle Bancorp Montana	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SB Financial Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, EBMT or SBFG?

SB Financial Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Eagle Bancorp Montana. SB Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eagle Bancorp Montana, 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
Eagle Bancorp Montana	$114.34M	1.05	$10.06M	$1.12	13.39
SB Financial Group	$75.87M	1.45	$12.10M	$1.75	9.27

Which has more volatility and risk, EBMT or SBFG?

Eagle Bancorp Montana has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SB Financial Group has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EBMT or SBFG a better dividend stock?

Eagle Bancorp Montana pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. SB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Eagle Bancorp Montana pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SB Financial Group pays out 32.0% 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. Eagle Bancorp Montana has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and SB Financial Group has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Eagle Bancorp Montana is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is EBMT or SBFG more profitable?

SB Financial Group has a net margin of 15.27% compared to SB Financial Group's net margin of 7.06%. Eagle Bancorp Montana's return on equity of 9.95% beat SB Financial Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eagle Bancorp Montana	7.06%	5.11%	0.41%
SB Financial Group	15.27%	9.95%	0.89%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EBMT or SBFG?

Eagle Bancorp Montana received 23 more outperform votes than SB Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 44.14% of users gave Eagle Bancorp Montana an outperform vote while only 40.41% of users gave SB Financial Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eagle Bancorp Montana	Outperform Votes 162 44.14%	Underperform Votes 205 55.86%
SB Financial Group	Outperform Votes 139 40.41%	Underperform Votes 205 59.59%

Do analysts rate EBMT or SBFG?

Eagle Bancorp Montana currently has a consensus price target of $13.50, indicating a potential downside of 10.00%. Given SB Financial Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Eagle Bancorp Montana is more favorable than SB Financial Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eagle Bancorp Montana	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
SB Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

SB Financial Group beats Eagle Bancorp Montana on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.