United Security Bancshares (UBFO) Competitors

United Security Bancshares (NASDAQ:UBFO) and BitFuFu (NASDAQ:FUFU) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in UBFO or FUFU?

30.9% of United Security Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.3% of BitFuFu shares are held by institutional investors. 22.1% of United Security Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 35.0% of BitFuFu shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, UBFO or FUFU?

United Security Bancshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BitFuFu. BitFuFu is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Security Bancshares, 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
United Security Bancshares	$52.45M	2.96	$14.78M	$0.78	11.37
BitFuFu	$463.33M	1.34	$10.49M	$0.35	10.89

Does the media refer more to UBFO or FUFU?

In the previous week, United Security Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than BitFuFu. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for United Security Bancshares and 1 mentions for BitFuFu. United Security Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat BitFuFu's score of 0.47 indicating that United Security Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
United Security Bancshares	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BitFuFu	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, UBFO or FUFU?

United Security Bancshares has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BitFuFu has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer UBFO or FUFU?

BitFuFu has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 83.73%. Given BitFuFu's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BitFuFu is more favorable than United Security Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
United Security Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
BitFuFu	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UBFO or FUFU?

United Security Bancshares received 83 more outperform votes than BitFuFu when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave BitFuFu an outperform vote while only 41.51% of users gave United Security Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
United Security Bancshares	Outperform Votes 88 41.51%	Underperform Votes 124 58.49%
BitFuFu	Outperform Votes 5 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is UBFO or FUFU more profitable?

United Security Bancshares has a net margin of 22.58% compared to BitFuFu's net margin of 8.17%. BitFuFu's return on equity of 40.15% beat United Security Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
United Security Bancshares	22.58%	11.54%	1.20%
BitFuFu	8.17%	40.15%	13.55%

Summary

BitFuFu beats United Security Bancshares on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.