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UNTY vs. CCNE, EFSC, FBIZ, FMBH, IBCP, INDB, OBK, STEL, THFF, and NIC

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 (IBCP), Independent Bank (INDB), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Stellarone (STEL), First Financial Corporation Indiana (THFF), and Nicolet Bankshares (NIC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Unity Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, CNB Financial and CNB Financial both had 3 articles in the media. CNB Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Unity Bancorp's score of 1.41 indicating that CNB Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

52.4% of CNB Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.3% of Unity Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of CNB Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.7% of Unity Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

CNB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Unity Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. CNB Financial pays out 30.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unity Bancorp pays out 12.1% 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. CNB Financial has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Unity Bancorp has raised its dividend for 12 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 15.34% beat CNB Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CNB Financial14.56% 9.79% 0.89%
Unity Bancorp 28.72%15.34%1.68%

CNB Financial presently has a consensus price target of $27.75, indicating a potential upside of 10.51%. Unity Bancorp has a consensus price target of $56.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.68%. Given Unity Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Unity Bancorp is more favorable than CNB Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CNB Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Unity Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

CNB Financial has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unity Bancorp has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CNB Financial$364.58M2.03$54.58M$2.3810.55
Unity Bancorp$164.21M3.09$41.45M$4.9410.24

Summary

Unity Bancorp beats CNB Financial on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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UNTY vs. The Competition

MetricUnity BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$507.37M$932.61M$12.62B$10.39B
Dividend Yield1.19%3.02%5.47%4.64%
P/E Ratio10.2416.98238.9226.11
Price / Sales3.092.1430.74124.93
Price / Cash11.5454.9522.6961.24
Price / Book1.711.142.276.30
Net Income$41.45M$54.35M$1.01B$271.03M
7 Day Performance-5.83%-2.01%-1.15%-0.15%
1 Month Performance-2.24%0.19%1.15%6.41%
1 Year Performance47.54%13.38%540.31%28.81%

Unity Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UNTY
Unity Bancorp
4.1489 of 5 stars
$50.59
+0.0%
$56.50
+11.7%
+48.0%$507.37M$164.21M10.24230Positive News
CCNE
CNB Financial
4.574 of 5 stars
$25.81
-1.3%
$27.75
+7.5%
+4.6%$770.78M$364.58M10.84760News Coverage
Positive News
EFSC
Enterprise Financial Services
4.1409 of 5 stars
$59.62
-1.1%
$64.33
+7.9%
+15.9%$2.23B$920.75M11.311,256Positive News
FBIZ
First Business Financial Services
4.8488 of 5 stars
$51.48
-1.6%
$59.67
+15.9%
+16.2%$435.32M$262.38M9.16340Positive News
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
3.5418 of 5 stars
$39.05
-0.4%
$43.33
+11.0%
+0.0%$940.46M$453.67M11.091,198Positive News
IBCP
Independent Bank
3.846 of 5 stars
$31.32
-0.1%
$36.00
+14.9%
-4.4%$649.24M$323.14M10.20920Positive News
INDB
Independent Bank
3.4168 of 5 stars
$70.15
-1.4%
$71.00
+1.2%
+18.3%$3.55B$980.77M15.841,837Positive News
Dividend Announcement
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.3824 of 5 stars
$36.04
+0.8%
$43.20
+19.9%
+10.3%$1.13B$347.73M14.651,010Positive News
STEL
Stellarone
2.8844 of 5 stars
$30.42
+9.7%
$31.00
+1.9%
+15.1%$1.55B$625.45M13.831,025Gap Up
THFF
First Financial Corporation Indiana
2.6681 of 5 stars
$58.35
-0.2%
$57.67
-1.2%
+31.9%$692.79M$307.51M11.16880Positive News
NIC
Nicolet Bankshares
3.3788 of 5 stars
$131.38
-1.7%
$145.33
+10.6%
+36.8%$1.99B$520.63M15.08860Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:UNTY) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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