EBTC vs. WTBA, BSRR, CZNC, MOFG, BMRC, CCNE, CSTR, SPFI, THFF, and WASH
Should you be buying Enterprise Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enterprise Bancorp include West Bancorporation (WTBA), Sierra Bancorp (BSRR), Citizens & Northern (CZNC), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), CNB Financial (CCNE), CapStar Financial (CSTR), South Plains Financial (SPFI), First Financial (THFF), and Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH).
West Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WTBA) and Enterprise Bancorp (NASDAQ:EBTC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
44.3% of West Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.9% of Enterprise Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of West Bancorporation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of Enterprise Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, West Bancorporation had 1 more articles in the media than Enterprise Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for West Bancorporation and 8 mentions for Enterprise Bancorp. Enterprise Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat West Bancorporation's score of -0.03 indicating that West Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Enterprise Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than West Bancorporation. Enterprise Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than West Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
West Bancorporation presently has a consensus target price of $21.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.70%. Given Enterprise Bancorp's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe West Bancorporation is more favorable than Enterprise Bancorp.
West Bancorporation has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Bancorp has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
West Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Enterprise Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. West Bancorporation pays out 75.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Enterprise Bancorp pays out 33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enterprise Bancorp has increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years.
Enterprise Bancorp received 133 more outperform votes than West Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.89% of users gave Enterprise Bancorp an outperform vote while only 46.55% of users gave West Bancorporation an outperform vote.
Enterprise Bancorp has a net margin of 15.80% compared to Enterprise Bancorp's net margin of 12.48%. West Bancorporation's return on equity of 11.47% beat Enterprise Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
Enterprise Bancorp beats West Bancorporation on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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