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SMBK vs. BANR, BUSE, CCNE, EFSC, FFBC, FMBH, MBWM, OBK, OCFC, and TOWN

Should you be buying SmartFinancial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SmartFinancial include Banner (BANR), First Busey (BUSE), CNB Financial (CCNE), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Origin Bancorp (OBK), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), and Towne Bank (TOWN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

SmartFinancial vs. Its Competitors

SmartFinancial (NASDAQ:SMBK) and Banner (NASDAQ:BANR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SmartFinancial$187.06M3.26$36.14M$2.4714.49
Banner$832.99M2.62$168.90M$5.2512.01

58.8% of SmartFinancial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Banner shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of SmartFinancial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Banner shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Banner has a net margin of 21.15% compared to SmartFinancial's net margin of 12.67%. Banner's return on equity of 10.06% beat SmartFinancial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SmartFinancial12.67% 7.33% 0.71%
Banner 21.15%10.06%1.13%

In the previous week, Banner had 1 more articles in the media than SmartFinancial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Banner and 1 mentions for SmartFinancial. Banner's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat SmartFinancial's score of 0.00 indicating that Banner is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SmartFinancial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Banner
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

SmartFinancial pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Banner pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. SmartFinancial pays out 13.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banner pays out 36.6% 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. SmartFinancial has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

SmartFinancial has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banner has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

SmartFinancial presently has a consensus price target of $38.25, suggesting a potential upside of 6.88%. Banner has a consensus price target of $70.17, suggesting a potential upside of 11.29%. Given Banner's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Banner is more favorable than SmartFinancial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SmartFinancial
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Banner
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

Banner beats SmartFinancial on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SMBK vs. The Competition

MetricSmartFinancialNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$597.40M$539.52M$12.78B$10.57B
Dividend Yield0.92%2.61%5.50%4.69%
P/E Ratio16.7211.3030.2927.12
Price / Sales3.262.7030.02135.31
Price / Cash12.6011.3819.7231.10
Price / Book1.321.332.316.67
Net Income$36.14M$23.34M$1.02B$276.23M
7 Day Performance-0.09%-0.42%0.45%3.31%
1 Month Performance-3.34%-2.85%1.00%10.76%
1 Year Performance25.39%14.61%542.97%33.58%

SmartFinancial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SMBK
SmartFinancial
2.9167 of 5 stars
$35.79
+2.0%
$38.25
+6.9%
+22.9%$597.40M$187.06M16.72550
BANR
Banner
3.7369 of 5 stars
$65.82
+1.0%
$70.17
+6.6%
+8.0%$2.25B$832.99M12.541,956
BUSE
First Busey
4.9081 of 5 stars
$23.50
-2.1%
$27.33
+16.3%
-7.7%$2.14B$663.36M20.981,548
CCNE
CNB Financial
4.6125 of 5 stars
$24.43
-2.0%
$27.75
+13.6%
+4.8%$734.81M$231.04M10.26760
EFSC
Enterprise Financial Services
4.3842 of 5 stars
$58.43
-0.7%
$64.33
+10.1%
+15.1%$2.18B$552.16M11.091,256
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.722 of 5 stars
$25.47
-1.4%
$29.40
+15.4%
+7.3%$2.47B$1.62B10.192,090Analyst Forecast
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
3.7665 of 5 stars
$38.20
-1.7%
$43.33
+13.4%
+0.3%$932.30M$453.67M10.851,198Positive News
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
4.2501 of 5 stars
$44.92
-1.9%
$55.25
+23.0%
+7.4%$744.19M$361.89M8.91670
OBK
Origin Bancorp
N/A$34.88
-1.4%
$43.20
+23.9%
N/A$1.09B$347.73M14.181,010
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
4.0267 of 5 stars
$17.58
-1.9%
$20.67
+17.6%
+1.1%$1.03B$385.13M12.47960Positive News
TOWN
Towne Bank
4.1854 of 5 stars
$34.75
-2.4%
$40.67
+17.0%
+4.0%$2.67B$1.03B15.112,720

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This page (NASDAQ:SMBK) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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