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$4.83 +0.08 (+1.68%)
Closing price 10/8/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$5.06 +0.23 (+4.66%)
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SHFS vs. BKSC, TCBC, UBCP, FDSB, PBHC, GRAN, FNWB, BOTJ, FUSB, and CULL

Should you be buying SHF stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SHF include Bank of South Carolina (BKSC), TC Bancshares (TCBC), United Bancorp (UBCP), Fifth District Bancorp (FDSB), Pathfinder Bancorp (PBHC), Grande Group (GRAN), First Northwest Bancorp (FNWB), Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ), First Us Bancsh (FUSB), and Cullman Bancorp (CULL). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

SHF vs. Its Competitors

SHF (NASDAQ:SHFS) and Bank of South Carolina (NASDAQ:BKSC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk and media sentiment.

29.2% of SHF shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Bank of South Carolina shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of SHF shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.8% of Bank of South Carolina shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, SHF's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Bank of South Carolina'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
SHF Neutral
Bank of South Carolina Neutral

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SHF
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Bank of South Carolina
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Bank of South Carolina has a net margin of 23.42% compared to SHF's net margin of -480.80%. Bank of South Carolina's return on equity of 13.59% beat SHF's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SHF-480.80% -417.35% -226.77%
Bank of South Carolina 23.42%13.59%1.14%

Bank of South Carolina has higher revenue and earnings than SHF. SHF is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of South Carolina, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SHF$12.29M1.15-$48.32M$3.401.42
Bank of South Carolina$21.16M4.06$6.75M$1.3311.92

SHF has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of South Carolina has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bank of South Carolina beats SHF on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SHFS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SHFS vs. The Competition

MetricSHFFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$13.85M$8.08B$12.71B$10.55B
Dividend YieldN/A4.85%5.54%4.75%
P/E Ratio1.4216.5830.1627.60
Price / Sales1.156.0830.16232.87
Price / CashN/A28.2222.5761.55
Price / Book-1.102.782.296.76
Net Income-$48.32M$313.50M$1.02B$275.88M
7 Day Performance-33.74%0.75%0.36%2.81%
1 Month Performance17.52%6.55%0.36%9.24%
1 Year Performance-50.71%29.60%539.81%35.42%

SHF Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SHFS
SHF
0.8329 of 5 stars
$4.83
+1.7%
N/A-49.9%$13.85M$12.29M1.423
BKSC
Bank of South Carolina
1.4041 of 5 stars
$15.66
+0.4%
N/A+33.8%$84.83M$21.16M12.7380
TCBC
TC Bancshares
0.4546 of 5 stars
$20.99
0.0%
N/A+24.2%$83.62M$14.76M0.0050
UBCP
United Bancorp
1.5101 of 5 stars
$13.88
+2.0%
N/A+4.0%$80.11M$30.41M10.93120News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
FDSB
Fifth District Bancorp
N/A$13.84
-0.2%
N/A+31.4%$76.95M$19.29M27.14N/AAnalyst Forecast
PBHC
Pathfinder Bancorp
1.4079 of 5 stars
$15.55
+1.4%
N/A-4.9%$74.48M$87.92M44.43170Analyst Upgrade
GRAN
Grande Group
N/A$3.00
-1.3%
N/AN/A$73.86MN/A0.0020Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
FNWB
First Northwest Bancorp
4.008 of 5 stars
$7.81
+0.1%
$12.75
+63.3%
-21.0%$73.56M$124.95M195.27290Analyst Forecast
BOTJ
Bank of the James Financial Group
1.5018 of 5 stars
$15.66
-0.5%
N/A+21.5%$71.72M$45.32M9.85160Analyst Forecast
FUSB
First Us Bancsh
2.2055 of 5 stars
$12.21
+1.2%
N/A+7.5%$70.33M$61.84M12.59180Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CULL
Cullman Bancorp
0.76 of 5 stars
$11.50
flat
N/A+21.2%$69.10M$16.54M23.0050

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This page (NASDAQ:SHFS) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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