VBNK vs. HIVE, WED, PTS, WFC, ML, GRN, CARE, CFW, MSL, and PWM
Should you be buying VersaBank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VersaBank include HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), Westaim (WED), Points.com (PTS), Wall Financial (WFC), Millennial Lithium (ML), Greenlane Renewables Inc. (GRN.V) (GRN), Dialogue Health Technologies (CARE), Calfrac Well Services (CFW), Merus Labs International (MSL), and Power Metals (PWM). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
VersaBank vs. Its Competitors
HIVE Digital Technologies (CVE:HIVE) and VersaBank (TSE:VBNK) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
VersaBank has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HIVE Digital Technologies. VersaBank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HIVE Digital Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
VersaBank has a net margin of 19.94% compared to HIVE Digital Technologies' net margin of -11.78%. VersaBank's return on equity of 9.95% beat HIVE Digital Technologies' return on equity.
HIVE Digital Technologies has a beta of 4.282718, suggesting that its stock price is 328% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VersaBank has a beta of 0.964021, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
8.8% of HIVE Digital Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.3% of VersaBank shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of HIVE Digital Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.8% of VersaBank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
VersaBank has a consensus price target of C$19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.73%. Given VersaBank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe VersaBank is more favorable than HIVE Digital Technologies.
In the previous week, HIVE Digital Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than VersaBank. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for HIVE Digital Technologies and 1 mentions for VersaBank. HIVE Digital Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat VersaBank's score of 0.00 indicating that HIVE Digital Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
VersaBank beats HIVE Digital Technologies on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:VBNK) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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