Unity Bancorp (UNTY) Competitors

Unity Bancorp (NASDAQ:UNTY) and Customers Bancorp (NYSE:CUBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate UNTY or CUBI?

Unity Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $52.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.28%. Customers Bancorp has a consensus price target of $64.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.45%. Given Customers Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Customers Bancorp is more favorable than Unity Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Unity Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Customers Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has higher earnings & valuation, UNTY or CUBI?

Customers Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Unity Bancorp. Unity Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Customers Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Unity Bancorp	$109.74M	4.06	$41.45M	$4.26	10.42
Customers Bancorp	$648.24M	2.57	$181.47M	$3.97	13.27

Which has more volatility & risk, UNTY or CUBI?

Unity Bancorp has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Customers Bancorp has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in UNTY or CUBI?

Customers Bancorp received 193 more outperform votes than Unity Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.61% of users gave Customers Bancorp an outperform vote while only 64.64% of users gave Unity Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Unity Bancorp	Outperform Votes 170 64.64%	Underperform Votes 93 35.36%
Customers Bancorp	Outperform Votes 363 66.61%	Underperform Votes 182 33.39%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in UNTY or CUBI?

42.3% of Unity Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Customers Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 29.7% of Unity Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Customers Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is UNTY or CUBI more profitable?

Unity Bancorp has a net margin of 25.24% compared to Customers Bancorp's net margin of 13.07%. Unity Bancorp's return on equity of 15.08% beat Customers Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Unity Bancorp	25.24%	15.08%	1.59%
Customers Bancorp	13.07%	12.29%	0.93%

Does the media favor UNTY or CUBI?

In the previous week, Customers Bancorp had 17 more articles in the media than Unity Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Customers Bancorp and 1 mentions for Unity Bancorp. Customers Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Unity Bancorp's score of 0.22 indicating that Customers Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Unity Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Customers Bancorp	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Customers Bancorp beats Unity Bancorp on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.