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$50.15 -1.41 (-2.73%)
Closing price 07/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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UNTY vs. CCNE, EFSC, FBIZ, FMBH, INDB, OBK, STEL, THFF, NIC, and PFS

Should you be buying Unity Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unity Bancorp include CNB Financial (CCNE), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), First Business Financial Services (FBIZ), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Independent Bank (INDB), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Stellarone (STEL), First Financial Corporation Indiana (THFF), Nicolet Bankshares (NIC), and Provident Financial Services (PFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Unity Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

Unity Bancorp (NASDAQ:UNTY) and CNB Financial (NASDAQ:CCNE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.

In the previous week, CNB Financial had 7 more articles in the media than Unity Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for CNB Financial and 2 mentions for Unity Bancorp. Unity Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat CNB Financial's score of 0.98 indicating that Unity Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Unity Bancorp
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
CNB Financial
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Unity Bancorp has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CNB Financial has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Unity Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $56.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.66%. CNB Financial has a consensus target price of $27.75, suggesting a potential upside of 15.58%. Given CNB Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CNB Financial 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
CNB Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Unity Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. CNB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Unity Bancorp pays out 11.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CNB Financial pays out 30.3% 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. Unity Bancorp has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and CNB Financial has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Unity Bancorp has a net margin of 28.72% compared to CNB Financial's net margin of 14.56%. Unity Bancorp's return on equity of 15.66% beat CNB Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Unity Bancorp28.72% 15.66% 1.72%
CNB Financial 14.56%9.90%0.89%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Unity Bancorp$164.21M3.06$41.45M$4.9410.15
CNB Financial$364.58M1.38$54.58M$2.3810.09

42.3% of Unity Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of CNB Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.7% of Unity Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of CNB Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Unity Bancorp beats CNB Financial on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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UNTY vs. The Competition

MetricUnity BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$517.21M$878.22M$12.28B$9.50B
Dividend Yield1.09%3.14%5.54%4.01%
P/E Ratio10.1516.6819.0320.05
Price / Sales3.062.2926.1089.19
Price / Cash11.7648.6121.6358.56
Price / Book1.691.112.205.87
Net Income$41.45M$54.19M$997.25M$258.55M
7 Day Performance-4.69%-0.83%0.60%3.73%
1 Month Performance7.18%3.20%3.44%11.75%
1 Year Performance41.03%9.06%536.57%18.03%

Unity Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UNTY
Unity Bancorp
4.1037 of 5 stars
$50.15
-2.7%
$56.50
+12.7%
+44.6%$517.21M$164.21M10.15230Positive News
CCNE
CNB Financial
4.7531 of 5 stars
$23.74
+0.2%
$26.25
+10.6%
-8.1%$497.21M$364.58M10.19760Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
EFSC
Enterprise Financial Services
4.6997 of 5 stars
$58.08
-0.9%
$64.33
+10.8%
+5.3%$2.17B$920.75M11.391,256Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
FBIZ
First Business Financial Services
4.7877 of 5 stars
$53.81
+0.2%
$57.25
+6.4%
+11.7%$446.80M$262.38M9.78340Trending News
Earnings Report
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
3.5446 of 5 stars
$38.83
-0.1%
$43.83
+12.9%
-1.3%$932.69M$453.67M11.561,198News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
INDB
Independent Bank
3.85 of 5 stars
$68.73
-1.1%
$71.00
+3.3%
+5.1%$2.96B$980.77M15.511,837Positive News
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.4257 of 5 stars
$37.87
-0.7%
$42.20
+11.4%
+8.4%$1.19B$358.20M15.391,010News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
STEL
Stellarone
1.755 of 5 stars
$31.89
+15.0%
$29.00
-9.0%
+13.9%$1.55B$625.45M14.411,025News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Up
THFF
First Financial Corporation Indiana
3.2846 of 5 stars
$55.81
-0.4%
$55.67
-0.3%
+19.4%$664.35M$307.51M12.13880Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
NIC
Nicolet Bankshares
1.7741 of 5 stars
$138.39
-1.3%
$145.33
+5.0%
+30.5%$2.11B$520.63M15.89860Insider Trade
PFS
Provident Financial Services
3.7432 of 5 stars
$18.42
-1.1%
$23.60
+28.1%
+2.7%$2.43B$1.14B16.601,801Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:UNTY) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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