VBNK vs. HUT, SII, WFC, BITF, 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), Wall Financial (WFC), Bitfarms (BITF), 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
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 companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.
VersaBank has a consensus target price of C$19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.82%. Given VersaBank's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe VersaBank is more favorable than Hut 8.
57.2% of Hut 8 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of VersaBank shares are held by institutional investors. 60.2% of Hut 8 shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.8% of VersaBank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hut 8 has a beta of 3.45, meaning that its stock price is 245% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VersaBank has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
In the previous week, VersaBank had 3 more articles in the media than Hut 8. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for VersaBank and 3 mentions for Hut 8. Hut 8's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat VersaBank's score of 0.32 indicating that Hut 8 is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hut 8 beats VersaBank on 11 of the 17 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 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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