VBNK vs. BITF, HIVE, WED, PTS, WFC, ML, GRN, CARE, CFW, and MSL
Should you be buying VersaBank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VersaBank include Bitfarms (BITF), 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), and Merus Labs International (MSL). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
VersaBank vs. Its Competitors
VersaBank (TSE:VBNK) and Bitfarms (TSE:BITF) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
VersaBank has a beta of 0.89045, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bitfarms has a beta of 4.349929, indicating that its share price is 335% more volatile than the S&P 500.
5.7% of VersaBank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of Bitfarms shares are held by institutional investors. 38.8% of VersaBank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of Bitfarms shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, VersaBank had 1 more articles in the media than Bitfarms. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for VersaBank and 1 mentions for Bitfarms. VersaBank's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Bitfarms' score of 0.40 indicating that VersaBank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
VersaBank has a net margin of 19.94% compared to Bitfarms' net margin of -69.20%. VersaBank's return on equity of 9.95% beat Bitfarms' return on equity.
VersaBank presently has a consensus target price of C$19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.08%. Bitfarms has a consensus target price of C$3.75, suggesting a potential downside of 12.79%. Given VersaBank's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe VersaBank is more favorable than Bitfarms.
VersaBank has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bitfarms. Bitfarms is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VersaBank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
VersaBank beats Bitfarms on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:VBNK) was last updated on 10/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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