VABK vs. AMAL, AMTB, EQBK, HBT, MCB, QD, DEFT, MCBS, NBBK, and BFST
Should you be buying Virginia National Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virginia National Bankshares include Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), HBT Financial (HBT), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), Qudian (QD), DeFi Technologies (DEFT), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), NB Bancorp (NBBK), and Business First Bancshares (BFST). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Virginia National Bankshares vs. Its Competitors
Amalgamated Financial (NASDAQ:AMAL) and Virginia National Bankshares (NASDAQ:VABK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.
75.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Amalgamated Financial has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virginia National Bankshares has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Amalgamated Financial currently has a consensus price target of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.27%. Given Amalgamated Financial's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Amalgamated Financial is more favorable than Virginia National Bankshares.
In the previous week, Amalgamated Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Virginia National Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Amalgamated Financial and 3 mentions for Virginia National Bankshares. Virginia National Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Amalgamated Financial's score of 0.62 indicating that Virginia National Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Amalgamated Financial has a net margin of 23.60% compared to Virginia National Bankshares' net margin of 21.39%. Amalgamated Financial's return on equity of 15.21% beat Virginia National Bankshares' return on equity.
Amalgamated Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Virginia National Bankshares. Amalgamated Financial 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.
Amalgamated Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Virginia National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Amalgamated Financial pays out 16.8% 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. Amalgamated Financial has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Summary
Amalgamated Financial beats Virginia National Bankshares on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:VABK) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
