HWBK vs. UBFO, FNCB, LARK, NKSH, PMBC, CAC, HAFC, AROW, SMBK, and ALRS
Should you be buying Hawthorn Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hawthorn Bancshares include United Security Bancshares (UBFO), FNCB Bancorp (FNCB), Landmark Bancorp (LARK), National Bankshares (NKSH), Pacific Mercantile Bancorp (PMBC), Camden National (CAC), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), Arrow Financial (AROW), SmartFinancial (SMBK), and Alerus Financial (ALRS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Hawthorn Bancshares (NASDAQ:HWBK) and United Security Bancshares (NASDAQ:UBFO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.
United Security Bancshares has a net margin of 27.07% compared to Hawthorn Bancshares' net margin of 2.09%. United Security Bancshares' return on equity of 14.94% beat Hawthorn Bancshares' return on equity.
Hawthorn Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. United Security Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Hawthorn Bancshares pays out 253.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. United Security Bancshares pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Security Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
United Security Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Hawthorn Bancshares. United Security Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawthorn Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hawthorn Bancshares received 57 more outperform votes than United Security Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.97% of users gave Hawthorn Bancshares an outperform vote while only 44.00% of users gave United Security Bancshares an outperform vote.
Hawthorn Bancshares has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Security Bancshares has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, United Security Bancshares had 4 more articles in the media than Hawthorn Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for United Security Bancshares and 5 mentions for Hawthorn Bancshares. United Security Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Hawthorn Bancshares' score of 0.02 indicating that United Security Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
30.7% of Hawthorn Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of United Security Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.4% of Hawthorn Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.1% of United Security Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
United Security Bancshares beats Hawthorn Bancshares on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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