VABK vs. HWBK, LARK, FNCB, NKSH, ATLO, MRBK, LCNB, UBOH, SFST, and FLIC
Should you be buying Virginia National Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virginia National Bankshares include Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK), Landmark Bancorp (LARK), FNCB Bancorp (FNCB), National Bankshares (NKSH), Ames National (ATLO), Meridian (MRBK), LCNB (LCNB), United Bancshares (UBOH), Southern First Bancshares (SFST), and First of Long Island (FLIC). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Virginia National Bankshares (NASDAQ:VABK) and Hawthorn Bancshares (NASDAQ:HWBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
37.4% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of Hawthorn Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.6% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of Hawthorn Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Hawthorn Bancshares had 12 more articles in the media than Virginia National Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Hawthorn Bancshares and 5 mentions for Virginia National Bankshares. Virginia National Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Hawthorn Bancshares' score of 0.24 indicating that Virginia National Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hawthorn Bancshares received 145 more outperform votes than Virginia National Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users.
Virginia National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Hawthorn Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Virginia National Bankshares pays out 41.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hawthorn Bancshares pays out 226.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Virginia National Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Virginia National Bankshares has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawthorn Bancshares has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Virginia National Bankshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hawthorn Bancshares. Virginia National Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawthorn Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Virginia National Bankshares has a net margin of 21.09% compared to Hawthorn Bancshares' net margin of 2.09%. Virginia National Bankshares' return on equity of 11.91% beat Hawthorn Bancshares' return on equity.
Summary
Virginia National Bankshares beats Hawthorn Bancshares on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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