OPOF vs. EMCF, UBOH, CFBK, LARK, RIVE, CARE, CBNK, PFIS, FISI, and FNLC
Should you be buying Old Point Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Old Point Financial include Emclaire Financial (EMCF), United Bancshares (UBOH), CF Bankshares (CFBK), Landmark Bancorp (LARK), Riverview Financial (RIVE), Carter Bankshares (CARE), Capital Bancorp (CBNK), Peoples Financial Services (PFIS), Financial Institutions (FISI), and First Bancorp (FNLC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Emclaire Financial (NASDAQ:EMCF) and Old Point Financial (NASDAQ:OPOF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Emclaire Financial has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Old Point Financial has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
8.6% of Emclaire Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.4% of Old Point Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of Emclaire Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.1% of Old Point Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Emclaire Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Old Point Financial. Emclaire Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Old Point Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Old Point Financial had 8 more articles in the media than Emclaire Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Old Point Financial and 0 mentions for Emclaire Financial. Emclaire Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Old Point Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Old Point Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Emclaire Financial has a net margin of 25.57% compared to Emclaire Financial's net margin of 7.71%. Old Point Financial's return on equity of 12.79% beat Emclaire Financial's return on equity.
Emclaire Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Old Point Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Emclaire Financial pays out 33.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Old Point Financial pays out 44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Old Point Financial has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Emclaire Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Old Point Financial received 40 more outperform votes than Emclaire Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.65% of users gave Emclaire Financial an outperform vote while only 55.37% of users gave Old Point Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Emclaire Financial beats Old Point Financial on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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