UBFO vs. SPFI, SMBK, CBNK, ALRS, MPB, QD, SHBI, BCAL, YRD, and FUFU
Should you be buying United Security Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Security Bancshares include South Plains Financial (SPFI), SmartFinancial (SMBK), Capital Bancorp (CBNK), Alerus Financial (ALRS), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), Qudian (QD), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), California BanCorp (BCAL), Yirendai (YRD), and BitFuFu (FUFU). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
United Security Bancshares vs. Its Competitors
South Plains Financial (NASDAQ:SPFI) and United Security Bancshares (NASDAQ:UBFO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
In the previous week, United Security Bancshares had 2 more articles in the media than South Plains Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for United Security Bancshares and 1 mentions for South Plains Financial. United Security Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat South Plains Financial's score of 1.08 indicating that United Security Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
55.0% of South Plains Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of United Security Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 24.6% of South Plains Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of United Security Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
South Plains Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. United Security Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. South Plains Financial pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Security Bancshares pays out 61.5% 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. South Plains Financial has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and United Security Bancshares has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
United Security Bancshares has a net margin of 20.10% compared to South Plains Financial's net margin of 17.67%. South Plains Financial's return on equity of 11.73% beat United Security Bancshares' return on equity.
South Plains Financial has higher revenue and earnings than United Security Bancshares. United Security Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than South Plains Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
South Plains Financial presently has a consensus target price of $41.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.39%. Given South Plains Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe South Plains Financial is more favorable than United Security Bancshares.
South Plains Financial has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Security Bancshares has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
South Plains Financial beats United Security Bancshares on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:UBFO) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
