Reviewing China Minsheng Banking (OTCMKTS:CGMBF) and Quaint Oak Bancorp (OTCMKTS:QNTO)

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares China Minsheng Banking and Quaint Oak Bancorp”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
China Minsheng Banking	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.27	0.32
Quaint Oak Bancorp	$47.79 million	0.78	$320,000.00	$0.29	48.62

Quaint Oak Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than China Minsheng Banking. China Minsheng Banking is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quaint Oak Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

China Minsheng Banking pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 24.7%. Quaint Oak Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. China Minsheng Banking pays out 8.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quaint Oak Bancorp pays out 55.2% 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. China Minsheng Banking is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

3.6% of China Minsheng Banking shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.6% of Quaint Oak Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.6% of Quaint Oak Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares China Minsheng Banking and Quaint Oak Bancorp’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
China Minsheng Banking	N/A	N/A	N/A
Quaint Oak Bancorp	1.64%	1.49%	0.12%

Summary

Quaint Oak Bancorp beats China Minsheng Banking on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About China Minsheng Banking

China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd. provides banking products and services for individuals, small and micro-enterprises, corporate customers, government agencies, and financial institutions in the People’s Republic of China. The company operates through Corporate Banking, Retail Banking, and Others segments. Its deposit products include saving accounts, deposit books and certificates, contracted deposits, agreement deposits, call deposits, corporate term deposits, and corporate current deposits. The company also offers personal housing mortgage, individual automobile purchase, household composite consumption, micro-credit products for individuals, medium and long term, and short-term working capital loans; and debit and credit cards. In addition, it provides appointed and domestic remittance, payment and collection agent, clearing, safe deposit boxes, VIP, and salary and welfare agent card services, as well as internet, mobile, telephone, and self-serve banking services. Further, the company offers gross settlement; wages distribution agency and letter of guarantee; cash management; trade finance; industrial chain finance; individual forex settlement, forex remittance, travelers promissory notes, collection, individual deposit certificate, and guarantee letter products; and comprehensive credit granting, forex settlement and sale, financial product investment, asset management, and trust financing services. Additionally, it provides convenient finance and investment banking services, as well as non-financial services in the education, business travel, traveler, art, luxury life, health, club, and isports areas. The company operates through branch-level institutions, business outlets, community sub-branches, and small business sub-branches. China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.

About Quaint Oak Bancorp

Quaint Oak Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Quaint Oak Bank that provides banking products and services in Pennsylvania. It offers various deposit products, including money market accounts, certificates of deposit, interest and non-interest-bearing checking accounts for businesses and consumers, and savings accounts. The company also provides residential and commercial mortgage loans, construction loans, commercial business loans, home equity loans, and lines of credit; mortgage banking, real estate sales, title abstract, and insurance services; and multi-state equipment financing services. It serves its customers through offices, as well as correspondence, telephone, and online banking. Quaint Oak Bancorp, Inc. was incorporated in 1926 and is headquartered in Southampton, Pennsylvania.