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UBFO vs. SPFI, BTBT, SMBK, CBNK, MPB, ALRS, BITF, FUFU, SHBI, and BCAL

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), Bit Digital (BTBT), SmartFinancial (SMBK), Capital Bancorp (CBNK), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), Alerus Financial (ALRS), Bitfarms (BITF), BitFuFu (FUFU), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), and California BanCorp (BCAL). 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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
South Plains Financial$288.97M2.05$49.72M$3.0012.17
United Security Bancshares$52.45M2.92$14.78M$0.7811.23

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 5.5%. 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.

55.0% of South Plains Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of United Security Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.6% of South Plains Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of United Security Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
South Plains Financial17.67% 11.73% 1.19%
United Security Bancshares 20.10%10.17%1.09%

In the previous week, South Plains Financial had 3 more articles in the media than United Security Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for South Plains Financial and 1 mentions for United Security Bancshares. United Security Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat South Plains Financial's score of 0.77 indicating that United Security Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
South Plains Financial Positive
United Security Bancshares Very Positive

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.

South Plains Financial presently has a consensus target price of $41.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.70%. Given South Plains Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe South Plains Financial is more favorable than United Security Bancshares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
South Plains Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
United Security Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

South Plains Financial beats United Security Bancshares on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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UBFO vs. The Competition

MetricUnited Security BancsharesBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$153.09M$1.93B$12.06B$9.10B
Dividend Yield5.39%3.30%5.53%4.00%
P/E Ratio11.2311.9120.0420.27
Price / Sales2.922.5725.4299.27
Price / Cash8.9411.7421.6458.16
Price / Book1.161.302.285.49
Net Income$14.78M$198.60M$992.82M$250.45M
7 Day Performance-5.45%-0.97%-0.22%4.77%
1 Month Performance1.04%6.42%2.78%7.66%
1 Year Performance18.70%18.83%536.08%16.39%

United Security Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UBFO
United Security Bancshares
2.6227 of 5 stars
$8.76
-2.0%
N/A+17.9%$153.09M$52.45M11.23120Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
SPFI
South Plains Financial
4.2636 of 5 stars
$36.99
-2.4%
$41.50
+12.2%
+27.3%$614.87M$288.97M12.33680News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
BTBT
Bit Digital
3.0238 of 5 stars
$3.48
+18.4%
$6.33
+82.0%
-5.7%$613.08M$108.05M-7.4010Options Volume
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SMBK
SmartFinancial
2.8448 of 5 stars
$35.43
-1.8%
$33.70
-4.9%
+38.1%$602.95M$178.24M16.56550
CBNK
Capital Bancorp
4.2157 of 5 stars
$35.14
-1.1%
$34.50
-1.8%
+61.6%$591.81M$244.71M14.17270Positive News
MPB
Mid Penn Bancorp
4.0313 of 5 stars
$29.76
-1.5%
$36.00
+21.0%
+23.5%$584.93M$309.08M10.33620News Coverage
ALRS
Alerus Financial
4.4228 of 5 stars
$22.41
-1.9%
$23.00
+2.6%
+8.4%$579.35M$336.51M18.37840Positive News
BITF
Bitfarms
2.9097 of 5 stars
$1.03
+1.0%
$4.44
+330.8%
-56.3%$567.08M$209.41M-5.42110Analyst Revision
Gap Up
FUFU
BitFuFu
2.3586 of 5 stars
$3.48
+1.2%
$6.25
+79.6%
-11.5%$561.09M$463.33M174.0929
SHBI
Shore Bancshares
4.2236 of 5 stars
$16.54
-0.5%
$20.00
+20.9%
+35.1%$555.01M$326.48M11.10450News Coverage
Positive News
BCAL
California BanCorp
2.1133 of 5 stars
$16.43
-0.6%
$19.50
+18.7%
+16.1%$535.79M$150.68M36.51204Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:UBFO) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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