VBFC vs. BKSC, AUBN, PBHC, FUSB, BAFN, BRBS, UBCP, BOTJ, CIZN, and SBFG
Should you be buying Village Bank and Trust Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Village Bank and Trust Financial include Bank of South Carolina (BKSC), Auburn National Bancorporation (AUBN), Pathfinder Bancorp (PBHC), First US Bancshares (FUSB), BayFirst Financial (BAFN), Blue Ridge Bankshares (BRBS), United Bancorp (UBCP), Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ), Citizens (CIZN), and SB Financial Group (SBFG). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Village Bank and Trust Financial (NASDAQ:VBFC) and Bank of South Carolina (NASDAQ:BKSC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and community ranking.
Bank of South Carolina received 91 more outperform votes than Village Bank and Trust Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.06% of users gave Village Bank and Trust Financial an outperform vote while only 62.58% of users gave Bank of South Carolina an outperform vote.
Bank of South Carolina has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Village Bank and Trust Financial. Bank of South Carolina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Village Bank and Trust Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bank of South Carolina has a net margin of 19.55% compared to Village Bank and Trust Financial's net margin of 5.77%. Bank of South Carolina's return on equity of 12.11% beat Village Bank and Trust Financial's return on equity.
Village Bank and Trust Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Bank of South Carolina pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Village Bank and Trust Financial pays out 55.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of South Carolina pays out 71.6% 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.
In the previous week, Bank of South Carolina had 1 more articles in the media than Village Bank and Trust Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Bank of South Carolina and 3 mentions for Village Bank and Trust Financial. Bank of South Carolina's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Village Bank and Trust Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Bank of South Carolina is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Village Bank and Trust Financial has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of South Carolina has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
12.2% of Village Bank and Trust Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Bank of South Carolina shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Village Bank and Trust Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.8% of Bank of South Carolina shares are owned 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.
Summary
Bank of South Carolina beats Village Bank and Trust Financial on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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