VABK vs. GHLD, CFB, OSBC, AMTB, HBT, ESQ, MCBS, BFST, NBBK, and NBN
Should you be buying Virginia National Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virginia National Bankshares include Guild (GHLD), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), HBT Financial (HBT), Esquire Financial (ESQ), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), Business First Bancshares (BFST), NB Bancorp (NBBK), and Northeast Bank (NBN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Virginia National Bankshares vs.
Virginia National Bankshares (NASDAQ:VABK) and Guild (NYSE:GHLD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Virginia National Bankshares has a net margin of 20.32% compared to Guild's net margin of -12.78%. Virginia National Bankshares' return on equity of 10.77% beat Guild's return on equity.
Guild has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.93%. Given Guild's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Guild is more favorable than Virginia National Bankshares.
Virginia National Bankshares has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guild has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Virginia National Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Guild'saverage media sentiment score.
Virginia National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Guild pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Virginia National Bankshares pays out 43.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Guild pays out 144.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
37.4% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.5% of Guild shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.9% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 78.3% of Guild shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Guild received 20 more outperform votes than Virginia National Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users.
Virginia National Bankshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Guild. Virginia National Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guild, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Guild beats Virginia National Bankshares on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:VABK) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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