PVBK vs. BSPA, STBI, PPBN, SLRK, BKOR, CCBC, CKFC, FRSB, FISB, and LSFG
Should you be buying Pacific Valley Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pacific Valley Bancorp include Ballston Spa Bancorp (BSPA), Sturgis Bancorp (STBI), Pinnacle Bankshares (PPBN), Solera National Bancorp (SLRK), Oak Ridge Financial Services (BKOR), Chino Commercial Bancorp (CCBC), Clarkston Financial (CKFC), First Resource Bancorp (FRSB), 1st Capital Bancorp (FISB), and Lifestore Financial Group (LSFG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Pacific Valley Bancorp vs.
Ballston Spa Bancorp (OTCMKTS:BSPA) and Pacific Valley Bancorp (OTCMKTS:PVBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Ballston Spa Bancorp has a beta of -0.25, meaning that its share price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pacific Valley Bancorp has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
2.4% of Ballston Spa Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.3% of Pacific Valley Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Ballston Spa Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Pacific Valley Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ballston Spa Bancorp and 0 mentions for Pacific Valley Bancorp. Pacific Valley Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Ballston Spa Bancorp's score of -0.11 indicating that Pacific Valley Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pacific Valley Bancorp has a net margin of 22.51% compared to Ballston Spa Bancorp's net margin of 0.00%.
Pacific Valley Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Ballston Spa Bancorp.
Pacific Valley Bancorp received 50 more outperform votes than Ballston Spa Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Pacific Valley Bancorp beats Ballston Spa Bancorp on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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