UNB vs. FSBC, FUFU, ORRF, VEL, BITF, SPFI, ALRS, MPB, YRD, and HKD
Should you be buying Union Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Union Bankshares include Five Star Bancorp (FSBC), BitFuFu (FUFU), Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF), Velocity Financial (VEL), Bitfarms (BITF), South Plains Financial (SPFI), Alerus Financial (ALRS), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), Yiren Digital (YRD), and AMTD Digital (HKD). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Union Bankshares vs.
Five Star Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSBC) and Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:UNB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Five Star Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Union Bankshares. Five Star Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Union Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Union Bankshares received 124 more outperform votes than Five Star Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.40% of users gave Five Star Bancorp an outperform vote while only 60.30% of users gave Union Bankshares an outperform vote.
Five Star Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Five Star Bancorp pays out 35.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Union Bankshares pays out 73.5% 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.
46.9% of Five Star Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.8% of Union Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 21.7% of Five Star Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Union Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Five Star Bancorp has a net margin of 21.40% compared to Union Bankshares' net margin of 11.74%. Union Bankshares' return on equity of 13.09% beat Five Star Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, Union Bankshares had 4 more articles in the media than Five Star Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Union Bankshares and 0 mentions for Five Star Bancorp. Five Star Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Union Bankshares' score of 0.26 indicating that Five Star Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Five Star Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.13%. Given Five Star Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Five Star Bancorp is more favorable than Union Bankshares.
Five Star Bancorp has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Five Star Bancorp beats Union Bankshares on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:UNB) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
