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UBFO vs. IBCP, SPFI, CNCK, SMBC, SMBK, NPB, XYF, RHLD, JFIN, and ALRS

Should you be buying United Security Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Security Bancshares include Independent Bank (IBCP), South Plains Financial (SPFI), Coincheck Group (CNCK), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), SmartFinancial (SMBK), Northpointe Bancshares (NPB), X Financial (XYF), Resolute Holdings Management (RHLD), Jiayin Group (JFIN), and Alerus Financial (ALRS). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

United Security Bancshares vs. Its Competitors

Independent Bank (NASDAQ:IBCP) and United Security Bancshares (NASDAQ:UBFO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Independent Bank has a net margin of 20.31% compared to United Security Bancshares' net margin of 17.07%. Independent Bank's return on equity of 14.05% beat United Security Bancshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Independent Bank20.31% 14.05% 1.21%
United Security Bancshares 17.07%8.43%0.92%

79.4% of Independent Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of United Security Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Independent Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of United Security Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Independent Bank currently has a consensus target price of $36.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.76%. Given Independent Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Independent Bank is more favorable than United Security Bancshares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Independent Bank
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
United Security Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Independent Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. United Security Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Independent Bank pays out 33.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Security Bancshares pays out 72.7% 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. Independent Bank has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and United Security Bancshares has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Independent Bank has higher revenue and earnings than United Security Bancshares. Independent Bank 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Independent Bank$216.12M3.03$66.79M$3.0710.31
United Security Bancshares$65.46M2.57$14.78M$0.6614.57

In the previous week, Independent Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat United Security Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Independent Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Independent Bank Positive
United Security Bancshares Neutral

Independent Bank has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Security Bancshares has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Independent Bank beats United Security Bancshares on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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UBFO vs. The Competition

MetricUnited Security BancsharesBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$167.72M$2.04B$12.76B$10.38B
Dividend Yield5.13%3.37%5.43%4.64%
P/E Ratio14.5418.20242.4226.78
Price / Sales2.572.9731.07167.11
Price / Cash9.3611.8522.2060.63
Price / Book1.281.352.346.40
Net Income$14.78M$198.60M$1.01B$271.62M
7 Day Performance1.68%1.20%0.58%3.33%
1 Month Performance8.32%5.77%4.06%10.15%
1 Year Performance13.83%11.51%541.02%31.19%

United Security Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UBFO
United Security Bancshares
N/A$9.62
-0.8%
N/A+15.9%$167.72M$65.46M14.54120
IBCP
Independent Bank
3.886 of 5 stars
$31.59
-0.5%
$36.00
+14.0%
-6.8%$657.32M$323.14M10.29920Positive News
SPFI
South Plains Financial
4.3272 of 5 stars
$40.33
+1.3%
$44.67
+10.8%
+20.4%$646.23M$197.62M12.60680
CNCK
Coincheck Group
2.0321 of 5 stars
$4.82
-2.2%
$6.00
+24.5%
N/A$639.42M$2.53B0.00N/ANews Coverage
SMBC
Southern Missouri Bancorp
4.2499 of 5 stars
$55.27
-0.6%
$64.67
+17.0%
+0.8%$627.99M$305.35M10.67540Positive News
SMBK
SmartFinancial
3.7212 of 5 stars
$36.85
+0.1%
$38.25
+3.8%
+28.0%$627.19M$187.06M17.22550News Coverage
Positive News
NPB
Northpointe Bancshares
1.6052 of 5 stars
$18.49
+1.8%
$18.25
-1.3%
N/A$624.41M$390.45M0.00541Positive News
XYF
X Financial
2.998 of 5 stars
$14.05
-0.7%
N/A+204.3%$591.19M$3.15B2.63420Positive News
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RHLD
Resolute Holdings Management
N/A$66.75
-3.2%
N/AN/A$587.78M$420.57M0.00N/ANews Coverage
JFIN
Jiayin Group
1.7186 of 5 stars
$10.94
-0.6%
N/A+93.8%$587.60M$6.51B2.601,028
ALRS
Alerus Financial
4.5586 of 5 stars
$22.55
-0.7%
$25.63
+13.6%
+4.4%$576.74M$259.97M13.34840Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:UBFO) was last updated on 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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