VABK vs. AMTB, AMAL, OPFI, ESQ, HBT, MCB, EQBK, QD, JFIN, and MCBS
Should you be buying Virginia National Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virginia National Bankshares include Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), OppFi (OPFI), Esquire Financial (ESQ), HBT Financial (HBT), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), Qudian (QD), Jiayin Group (JFIN), and MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Virginia National Bankshares vs. Its Competitors
Amerant Bancorp (NYSE:AMTB) and Virginia National Bankshares (NASDAQ:VABK) are both small-cap banking companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
Amerant Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Virginia National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Amerant Bancorp pays out -180.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Virginia National Bankshares pays out 43.5% 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.
Virginia National Bankshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Amerant Bancorp. Amerant Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virginia National Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Virginia National Bankshares has a net margin of 21.39% compared to Amerant Bancorp's net margin of 0.60%. Virginia National Bankshares' return on equity of 10.78% beat Amerant Bancorp's return on equity.
42.1% of Amerant Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Amerant Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Virginia National Bankshares had 2 more articles in the media than Amerant Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Virginia National Bankshares and 0 mentions for Amerant Bancorp. Virginia National Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Amerant Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Virginia National Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Amerant Bancorp has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virginia National Bankshares has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Virginia National Bankshares beats Amerant Bancorp on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:VABK) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
