Head to Head Comparison: Oak Valley Bancorp (NASDAQ:OVLY) versus City Bank (OTCMKTS:CTBK)

City Bank (OTCMKTS:CTBK) and Oak Valley Bancorp (NASDAQ:OVLY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

30.9% of Oak Valley Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.5% of City Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of Oak Valley Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares City Bank and Oak Valley Bancorp”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
City Bank	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oak Valley Bancorp	$95.04 million	2.93	$23.91 million	$2.88	11.48

Oak Valley Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than City Bank.

Profitability

This table compares City Bank and Oak Valley Bancorp’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
City Bank	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oak Valley Bancorp	24.80%	11.99%	1.20%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for City Bank and Oak Valley Bancorp, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
City Bank	0	0	0	0	0.00
Oak Valley Bancorp	0	0	1	0	3.00

Given City Bank’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe City Bank is more favorable than Oak Valley Bancorp.

Summary

Oak Valley Bancorp beats City Bank on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About City Bank

As of April 17, 2010, City Bank was acquired by Whidbey Island Bank. City Bank offers commercial banking services. The company was incorporated in 1974 and is headquartered in Lynnwood, Washington.

About Oak Valley Bancorp

Oak Valley Bancorp operates as the bank holding company for Oak Valley Community Bank that provides a range of commercial banking services to individuals and small to medium-sized businesses in the Central Valley and the Eastern Sierras. The company's deposits products include checking and savings, money market, health savings, and individual retirement accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. It also offers commercial real estate loans, commercial business lending and trade finance, and small business administration lending, as well as consumer loans, including automobile loans, home mortgages, credit lines, and other personal loans. In addition, the company provides online and mobile banking, remote deposit capture, merchant, night depository, extended hours, wire transfer of funds, note collection services, and automated teller machines. The company was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Oakdale, California.