BDGE vs. FISI, CAC, HAFC, FNLC, FLIC, ATLO, NKSH, SASR, HOPE, and WABC
Should you be buying Bridge Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridge Bancorp include Financial Institutions (FISI), Camden National (CAC), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), First Bancorp (FNLC), First of Long Island (FLIC), Ames National (ATLO), National Bankshares (NKSH), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), and Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Financial Institutions (NASDAQ:FISI) and Bridge Bancorp (NASDAQ:BDGE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and risk.
Financial Institutions pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Bridge Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Financial Institutions pays out 47.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bridge Bancorp pays out 37.1% 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. Financial Institutions has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Financial Institutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Financial Institutions received 10 more outperform votes than Bridge Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.25% of users gave Financial Institutions an outperform vote while only 55.93% of users gave Bridge Bancorp an outperform vote.
Bridge Bancorp has a net margin of 23.05% compared to Bridge Bancorp's net margin of 11.53%. Financial Institutions' return on equity of 9.83% beat Bridge Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, Financial Institutions had 3 more articles in the media than Bridge Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Financial Institutions and 1 mentions for Bridge Bancorp. Bridge Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Financial Institutions' score of 0.00 indicating that Financial Institutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Financial Institutions has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridge Bancorp has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
60.5% of Financial Institutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.8% of Bridge Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Financial Institutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of Bridge Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Bridge Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Financial Institutions. Financial Institutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridge Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Financial Institutions presently has a consensus target price of $20.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.78%. Given Bridge Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Financial Institutions is more favorable than Bridge Bancorp.
Summary
Bridge Bancorp beats Financial Institutions on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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