UNB vs. FINW, CFFI, MNSB, OVBC, FRAF, RMBI, MYFW, PWOD, OPBK, and CBFV
Should you be buying Union Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Union Bankshares include FinWise Bancorp (FINW), C&F Financial (CFFI), MainStreet Bancshares (MNSB), Ohio Valley Banc (OVBC), Franklin Financial Services (FRAF), Richmond Mutual Bancorporation (RMBI), First Western Financial (MYFW), Penns Woods Bancorp (PWOD), OP Bancorp (OPBK), and CB Financial Services (CBFV).
FinWise Bancorp (NASDAQ:FINW) and Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:UNB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Union Bankshares had 4 more articles in the media than FinWise Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Union Bankshares and 1 mentions for FinWise Bancorp. FinWise Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Union Bankshares' score of -0.67 indicating that Union Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FinWise Bancorp has a net margin of 20.39% compared to FinWise Bancorp's net margin of 16.74%. FinWise Bancorp's return on equity of 19.09% beat Union Bankshares' return on equity.
35.4% of FinWise Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.8% of Union Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 20.8% of FinWise Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Union Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
FinWise Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 64.89%. Given Union Bankshares' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FinWise Bancorp is more favorable than Union Bankshares.
FinWise Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Union Bankshares. FinWise 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 196 more outperform votes than FinWise Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.41% of users gave Union Bankshares an outperform vote while only 45.45% of users gave FinWise Bancorp an outperform vote.
FinWise Bancorp has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Union Bankshares beats FinWise Bancorp on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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