VABK vs. NBN, FUFU, OSBC, HBT, BFST, ATLC, MCBS, YRD, JFIN, and VEL
Should you be buying Virginia National Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virginia National Bankshares include Northeast Bank (NBN), BitFuFu (FUFU), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), HBT Financial (HBT), Business First Bancshares (BFST), Atlanticus (ATLC), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), Yiren Digital (YRD), Jiayin Group (JFIN), and Velocity Financial (VEL). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Virginia National Bankshares vs.
Northeast Bank (NASDAQ:NBN) and Virginia National Bankshares (NASDAQ:VABK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
Northeast Bank has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virginia National Bankshares has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Northeast Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Virginia National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Northeast Bank pays out 0.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Virginia National Bankshares pays out 41.9% 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.
Northeast Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Virginia National Bankshares. Northeast Bank 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.
Northeast Bank presently has a consensus target price of $97.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.04%. Given Northeast Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Northeast Bank is more favorable than Virginia National Bankshares.
In the previous week, Northeast Bank had 9 more articles in the media than Virginia National Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Northeast Bank and 1 mentions for Virginia National Bankshares. Virginia National Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Northeast Bank's score of 1.02 indicating that Virginia National Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Northeast Bank received 147 more outperform votes than Virginia National Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users.
37.4% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.2% of Northeast Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Northeast Bank has a net margin of 22.87% compared to Virginia National Bankshares' net margin of 20.32%. Virginia National Bankshares' return on equity of 10.77% beat Northeast Bank's return on equity.
Summary
Northeast Bank beats Virginia National Bankshares on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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