Head-to-Head Contrast: Burke & Herbert Financial Services (NASDAQ:BHRB) Vs. Harleysville Financial (OTCMKTS:HARL)

Burke & Herbert Financial Services ( NASDAQ:BHRB – Get Your Free Report ) and Harleysville Financial ( OTCMKTS:HARL – Get Your Free Report ) are both small-cap financial companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on their valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

dividends

Burke & Herbert Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Harleysville Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Burke & Herbert Financial Services pays 26.0% of earnings as a dividend. Harleysville Financial pays out 43.5% of earnings as a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next few years.

return

This table compares Burke & Herbert Financial Services and Harleysville Financial’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Analyst recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Burke & Herbert Financial Services and Harleysville Financial, provided by MarketBeat.

Burke & Herbert Financial Services currently has a consensus target price of $73.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.07%. Given Burke & Herbert Financial Services’ higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Burke & Herbert Financial Services is more favorable than Harleysville Financial.

Rating and Earnings

This table compares Burke & Herbert Financial Services and Harleysville Financial’s core revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

Burke & Herbert Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than Harleysville Financial. Harleysville Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burke & Herbert Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and institutional ownership

1.2% of Harleysville Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Burke & Herbert Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.5% of Harleysville Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that big money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Burke & Herbert Financial Services beats Harleysville Financial in 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Burke & Herbert Financial Services

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Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. operates as the bank holding company for Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company, which provides various community banking products and services in Virginia and Maryland. It offers consumer and commercial deposit products such as digital banking, demand, negotiable withdrawal orders, money market and savings accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. The company also offers loans such as commercial real estate, single-family residential, owner-occupied commercial real estate, residential mortgages, acquisitions, construction and development, commercial and industrial, and consumer non-real estate and other loans. In addition, it provides treasury and cash management services; and online and mobile banking, as well as wealth and trust services. The company was founded in 1852 and is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.

About Harleysville Financial

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Harleysville Financial Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Harleysville Bank, which provides various banking products and services in Pennsylvania. The company offers various deposit products, including savings, money market and checking accounts, as well as certificates of deposits. It also offers consumer loans, including residential mortgages, savings account loans and home equity loans, construction and non-real estate consumer loans; and commercial loans such as commercial mortgages, lines of credit and commercial business loans. In addition, the company offers online banking and bill payments, mobile and phone banking, remote deposit, debit cards, automated clearinghouse processing, checking accounts, zero balance accounts, employee services and other cash management. In addition, it offers investment services such as financial advisory, cash and wealth management, educational planning, investment strategy, insurance, retirement and estate planning, financial and goal planning and asset allocation services, as well as investment products. investments, such as fixed ones. and variable annuities, mutual funds, life insurance, stocks and bonds, tax-advantaged investments, long-term care insurance, disability insurance, retirement plans/individual retirement accounts, wrap accounts and unit investment trusts . Primary market area includes Montgomery County and Bucks County. The company was formerly known as Harleysville Savings Financial Corporation and changed its name to Harleysville Financial Corporation in May 2017. Harleysville Financial Corporation was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Harleysville, Pennsylvania.

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