VABK vs. OSBC, LPRO, IBCP, HKD, BFST, VEL, EQBK, FSBC, MCB, and GCBC
Should you be buying Virginia National Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virginia National Bankshares include Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), Open Lending (LPRO), Independent Bank (IBCP), AMTD Digital (HKD), Business First Bancshares (BFST), Velocity Financial (VEL), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), Five Star Bancorp (FSBC), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), and Greene County Bancorp (GCBC). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Old Second Bancorp (NASDAQ:OSBC) and Virginia National Bankshares (NASDAQ:VABK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, Old Second Bancorp had 6 more articles in the media than Virginia National Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Old Second Bancorp and 5 mentions for Virginia National Bankshares. Virginia National Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Old Second Bancorp's score of 0.49 indicating that Old Second Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Old Second Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $18.13, suggesting a potential upside of 5.99%. Given Virginia National Bankshares' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Old Second Bancorp is more favorable than Virginia National Bankshares.
Old Second Bancorp received 324 more outperform votes than Virginia National Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users.
Old Second Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Virginia National Bankshares. Old Second 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.
Old Second Bancorp has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virginia National Bankshares has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
67.8% of Old Second Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Old Second Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Old Second Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Virginia National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Old Second Bancorp pays out 10.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Virginia National Bankshares pays out 41.5% 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.
Old Second Bancorp has a net margin of 25.62% compared to Old Second Bancorp's net margin of 19.25%. Virginia National Bankshares' return on equity of 15.16% beat Old Second Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
Old Second Bancorp beats Virginia National Bankshares on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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