SONA vs. SBSI, UVSP, FMBH, CFB, OSBC, HBT, MBWM, CPF, MCBS, and BFST
Should you be buying Southern National Bancorp of Virginia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southern National Bancorp of Virginia include Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Univest Financial (UVSP), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), HBT Financial (HBT), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), and Business First Bancshares (BFST). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia vs.
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia (NASDAQ:SONA) and Southside Bancshares (NASDAQ:SBSI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southside Bancshares has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia and Southside Bancshares both received 173 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 41.39% of users gave Southside Bancshares an outperform vote while only 38.96% of users gave Southern National Bancorp of Virginia an outperform vote.
Southside Bancshares has a consensus target price of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.35%. Given Southside Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Southside Bancshares is more favorable than Southern National Bancorp of Virginia.
Southside Bancshares has a net margin of 19.40% compared to Southern National Bancorp of Virginia's net margin of 17.12%. Southside Bancshares' return on equity of 11.10% beat Southern National Bancorp of Virginia's return on equity.
Southside Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Southern National Bancorp of Virginia. Southern National Bancorp of Virginia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southside Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Southside Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Southern National Bancorp of Virginia pays out 27.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southside Bancshares pays out 49.5% 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. Southside Bancshares has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years. Southside Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Southside Bancshares had 4 more articles in the media than Southern National Bancorp of Virginia. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Southside Bancshares and 0 mentions for Southern National Bancorp of Virginia. Southside Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Southern National Bancorp of Virginia's score of 0.00 indicating that Southside Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
77.2% of Southern National Bancorp of Virginia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.7% of Southside Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Southern National Bancorp of Virginia shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Southside Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Southside Bancshares beats Southern National Bancorp of Virginia on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SONA) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff