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VersaBank (VBNK) Competitors

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C$15.81 +0.01 (+0.06%)
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VBNK vs. HUT, SII, BITF, WFC, PTS, WED, 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), Wall Financial (WFC), Points.com (PTS), Westaim (WED), 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. Its Competitors

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

21.6% of VersaBank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.2% of Hut 8 shares are held by institutional investors. 38.8% of VersaBank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.2% of Hut 8 shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Hut 8 has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
VersaBankC$248.46M2.06C$49.54MC$1.5410.28
Hut 8C$142.55M13.04C$193.22MC$4.096.83

VersaBank currently has a consensus target price of C$19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.18%. Given VersaBank's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe VersaBank is more favorable than Hut 8.

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

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
VersaBank19.94% 9.95% 1.10%
Hut 8 135.55%40.91%-4.25%

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

In the previous week, Hut 8 had 2 more articles in the media than VersaBank. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hut 8 and 0 mentions for VersaBank. Hut 8's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat VersaBank's score of 0.00 indicating that Hut 8 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
VersaBank Neutral
Hut 8 Positive

Summary

Hut 8 beats VersaBank on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VBNK vs. The Competition

MetricVersaBankBanks IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$511.62MC$18.71BC$6.43BC$6.31B
Dividend Yield0.52%4.26%4.19%6.72%
P/E Ratio10.289.2014.0875.38
Price / Sales2.0649.151,734.121,359.95
Price / CashN/A14.25128.7083.29
Price / Book1.030.671.964.89
Net IncomeC$49.54MC$16.75BC$1.24BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance0.13%1.30%0.43%1.18%
1 Month Performance2.26%3.83%3.66%5.59%
1 Year Performance2.00%24.52%23.58%26.97%

VersaBank Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VBNK
VersaBank
N/AC$15.81
+0.1%
C$19.00
+20.2%
-2.4%C$511.62MC$248.46M10.28100Gap Up
HUT
Hut 8
N/AC$29.40
+1.0%
N/A+16.0%C$1.96BC$142.55M7.19219Gap Up
SII
Sprott
0.5022 of 5 stars
C$97.30
-1.1%
C$88.33
-9.2%
+55.8%C$1.74BC$114.38M37.92170Analyst Downgrade
BITF
Bitfarms
2.4503 of 5 stars
C$1.74
-2.8%
C$3.75
+115.5%
-53.2%C$610.25MC$159.92M-3.92110Gap Up
WFC
Wall Financial
N/AC$16.70
-1.7%
N/A-14.4%C$536.00MC$193.65M21.59238,000Gap Up
PTS
Points.com
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$480.57MC$432.40M169.26240,000
WED
Westaim
0.0708 of 5 stars
C$29.50
-2.3%
C$7.75
-73.7%
+636.5%C$435.84MC$10.20M66.743,240News Coverage
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-17.13730
CFW
Calfrac Well Services
2.6356 of 5 stars
C$3.52
flat
C$4.63
+31.4%
-15.2%C$301.56MC$1.61B10.75730Gap Up

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