UNTY vs. ORRF, FBIZ, CVCY, BCML, PKBK, VBTX, PFBC, PEBO, BY, and OBNK
Should you be buying Unity Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unity Bancorp include Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF), First Business Financial Services (FBIZ), Central Valley Community Bancorp (CVCY), BayCom (BCML), Parke Bancorp (PKBK), Veritex (VBTX), Preferred Bank (PFBC), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Byline Bancorp (BY), and Origin Bancorp (OBNK). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Unity Bancorp (NASDAQ:UNTY) and Orrstown Financial Services (NASDAQ:ORRF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.
42.3% of Unity Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.3% of Orrstown Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. 28.9% of Unity Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Orrstown Financial Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Unity Bancorp and Unity Bancorp both had 4 articles in the media. Unity Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Orrstown Financial Services' score of 0.93 indicating that Unity Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Unity Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Orrstown Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Unity Bancorp pays out 13.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Orrstown Financial Services pays out 23.9% 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.
Unity Bancorp has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orrstown Financial Services has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Unity Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Orrstown Financial Services. Unity Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orrstown Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Unity Bancorp has a net margin of 24.92% compared to Orrstown Financial Services' net margin of 18.99%. Unity Bancorp's return on equity of 15.23% beat Orrstown Financial Services' return on equity.
Orrstown Financial Services has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.90%. Given Orrstown Financial Services' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Orrstown Financial Services is more favorable than Unity Bancorp.
Orrstown Financial Services received 73 more outperform votes than Unity Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.49% of users gave Unity Bancorp an outperform vote while only 60.63% of users gave Orrstown Financial Services an outperform vote.
Summary
Unity Bancorp beats Orrstown Financial Services on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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