AUBN vs. SBFG, EBMT, PEBK, MBCN, BWFG, FRST, INBK, BMRC, LNKB, and JMSB
Should you be buying Auburn National Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Auburn National Bancorporation include SB Financial Group (SBFG), Eagle Bancorp Montana (EBMT), Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (PEBK), Middlefield Banc (MBCN), Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG), Primis Financial (FRST), First Internet Bancorp (INBK), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), LINKBANCORP (LNKB), and John Marshall Bancorp (JMSB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Auburn National Bancorporation (NASDAQ:AUBN) and SB Financial Group (NASDAQ:SBFG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
SB Financial Group has a net margin of 15.47% compared to Auburn National Bancorporation's net margin of 2.47%. SB Financial Group's return on equity of 10.00% beat Auburn National Bancorporation's return on equity.
Auburn National Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. SB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Auburn National Bancorporation pays out 469.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SB Financial Group pays out 32.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Auburn National Bancorporation had 1 more articles in the media than SB Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Auburn National Bancorporation and 1 mentions for SB Financial Group. SB Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Auburn National Bancorporation's score of 0.00 indicating that SB Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SB Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Auburn National Bancorporation. SB Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Auburn National Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
39.5% of Auburn National Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of SB Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 24.4% of Auburn National Bancorporation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of SB Financial Group shares are held by 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.
SB Financial Group received 69 more outperform votes than Auburn National Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.22% of users gave Auburn National Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 41.12% of users gave SB Financial Group an outperform vote.
Auburn National Bancorporation has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SB Financial Group has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
SB Financial Group beats Auburn National Bancorporation on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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