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VersaBank (VBNK) Competitors

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C$15.92 -0.26 (-1.61%)
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VBNK vs. HUT, SII, BITF, WED, PTS, WFC, ML, GRN, CARE, and CFW

Should you be buying VersaBank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VersaBank include Hut 8 (HUT), Sprott (SII), Bitfarms (BITF), Westaim (WED), Points.com (PTS), Wall Financial (WFC), Millennial Lithium (ML), Greenlane Renewables Inc. (GRN.V) (GRN), Dialogue Health Technologies (CARE), and Calfrac Well Services (CFW). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

VersaBank vs.

Hut 8 (TSE:HUT) and VersaBank (TSE:VBNK) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Hut 8 has higher earnings, but lower revenue than VersaBank. Hut 8 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VersaBank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hut 8C$142.55M10.74C$193.22MC$4.095.63
VersaBankC$248.46M2.09C$49.54MC$1.5410.45

VersaBank has a consensus price target of C$17.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.79%. Given VersaBank's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe VersaBank is more favorable than Hut 8.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hut 8
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
7 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00
VersaBank
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

57.2% of Hut 8 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of VersaBank shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.2% of Hut 8 shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 38.8% of VersaBank shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Hut 8 has a beta of 3.45, suggesting that its stock price is 245% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VersaBank has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Hut 8 had 7 more articles in the media than VersaBank. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hut 8 and 1 mentions for VersaBank. Hut 8's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat VersaBank's score of 0.75 indicating that Hut 8 is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hut 8
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
VersaBank
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Hut 8 received 15 more outperform votes than VersaBank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.26% of users gave Hut 8 an outperform vote while only 75.00% of users gave VersaBank an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Hut 8Outperform Votes
18
78.26%
Underperform Votes
5
21.74%
VersaBankOutperform Votes
3
75.00%
Underperform Votes
1
25.00%

Hut 8 has a net margin of 135.55% compared to VersaBank's net margin of 19.94%. Hut 8's return on equity of 40.91% beat VersaBank's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hut 8135.55% 40.91% -4.25%
VersaBank 19.94%9.95%1.10%

Summary

Hut 8 beats VersaBank on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VBNK vs. The Competition

MetricVersaBankBanks IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$520.03MC$6.78BC$5.35BC$5.98B
Dividend Yield0.52%4.25%4.18%6.32%
P/E Ratio10.458.8012.7430.02
Price / Sales2.0945.261,758.49753.95
Price / CashN/A14.2549.7183.71
Price / Book1.050.631.354.00
Net IncomeC$49.54MC$16.75BC$1.22BC$301.32M
7 Day Performance1.39%2.04%7.25%1.88%
1 Month Performance7.28%7.44%18.89%9.22%
1 Year Performance23.62%20.86%13.34%15.37%

VersaBank Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VBNK
VersaBank
1.1515 of 5 stars
C$15.92
-1.6%
C$17.00
+6.8%
+23.2%C$515.18MC$248.46M10.35100
HUT
Hut 8
N/AC$22.51
-2.2%
N/A+88.1%C$1.50BC$142.55M5.51219
SII
Sprott
0.881 of 5 stars
C$76.24
-0.2%
C$77.00
+1.0%
+25.2%C$1.36BC$114.38M29.71170Dividend Announcement
BITF
Bitfarms
2.0157 of 5 stars
C$1.53
-3.2%
C$3.75
+145.1%
-34.2%C$536.60MC$159.92M-3.44110Gap Up
WED
Westaim
0.0408 of 5 stars
C$33.09
-0.1%
C$7.75
-76.6%
+660.5%C$488.88MC$10.20M74.873,240
PTS
Points.com
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$480.57MC$432.40M169.26240,000
WFC
Wall Financial
N/AC$12.75
+1.9%
N/A-31.5%C$409.22MC$193.65M16.48238,000
ML
Millennial Lithium
N/AC$4.04
+2.0%
N/A+0.0%C$395.36MN/A-20.20560Gap Down
GRN
Greenlane Renewables Inc. (GRN.V)
N/AC$2.78
+16.3%
C$0.05
-98.2%
+0.0%C$368.17MC$16.93M-102.9649Gap Up
CARE
Dialogue Health Technologies
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$345.36MC$95.88M-17.13730News Coverage
CFW
Calfrac Well Services
3.6813 of 5 stars
C$3.44
-0.3%
C$4.63
+34.4%
-19.5%C$294.71MC$1.61B10.51730News Coverage
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