Bar Harbor Bankshares (BHB) Competitors

Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE:BHB) and Sprott (NYSE:SII) are both small-cap banking companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do analysts prefer BHB or SII?

Bar Harbor Bankshares presently has a consensus price target of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.03%. Given Bar Harbor Bankshares' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Bar Harbor Bankshares is more favorable than Sprott.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bar Harbor Bankshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Sprott	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BHB or SII?

54.5% of Bar Harbor Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.3% of Sprott shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Bar Harbor Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of Sprott 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, BHB or SII?

Bar Harbor Bankshares has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprott has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BHB or SII a better dividend stock?

Bar Harbor Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Sprott pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Bar Harbor Bankshares pays out 49.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sprott pays out 62.5% 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. Bar Harbor Bankshares has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Sprott has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Bar Harbor Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is BHB or SII more profitable?

Sprott has a net margin of 27.53% compared to Bar Harbor Bankshares' net margin of 0.00%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.34% beat Bar Harbor Bankshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bar Harbor Bankshares	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sprott	27.53%	15.34%	12.47%

Does the media refer more to BHB or SII?

In the previous week, Bar Harbor Bankshares had 1 more articles in the media than Sprott. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Bar Harbor Bankshares and 5 mentions for Sprott. Bar Harbor Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Sprott's score of 0.32 indicating that Bar Harbor Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bar Harbor Bankshares	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sprott	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BHB or SII?

Sprott has higher revenue and earnings than Bar Harbor Bankshares. Bar Harbor Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sprott, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bar Harbor Bankshares	$147.99M	3.14	$39.52M	$2.58	11.76
Sprott	$178.65M	10.24	$49.29M	$1.92	36.93

Summary

Sprott beats Bar Harbor Bankshares on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.