EQBK vs. IBCP, TRST, CATC, MSBI, BFST, HTBK, HBNC, CCB, CPF, and MCBC
Should you be buying Equity Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equity Bancshares include Independent Bank (IBCP), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Cambridge Bancorp (CATC), Midland States Bancorp (MSBI), Business First Bancshares (BFST), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), Coastal Financial (CCB), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), and Macatawa Bank (MCBC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Independent Bank (NASDAQ:IBCP) and Equity Bancshares (NASDAQ:EQBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
Independent Bank has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Bancshares has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Independent Bank currently has a consensus target price of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.28%. Equity Bancshares has a consensus target price of $32.67, indicating a potential downside of 4.54%. Given Equity Bancshares' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Independent Bank is more favorable than Equity Bancshares.
Independent Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Equity Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Independent Bank pays out 32.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Equity Bancshares pays out 80.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Independent Bank has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Equity Bancshares has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Independent Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
79.4% of Independent Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of Equity Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Independent Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Equity Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Equity Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than Independent Bank. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Equity Bancshares and 2 mentions for Independent Bank. Equity Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Independent Bank's score of 0.99 indicating that Independent Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Independent Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Equity Bancshares. Independent Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Independent Bank has a net margin of 20.45% compared to Independent Bank's net margin of 3.88%. Equity Bancshares' return on equity of 16.55% beat Independent Bank's return on equity.
Independent Bank received 88 more outperform votes than Equity Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.15% of users gave Independent Bank an outperform vote while only 48.58% of users gave Equity Bancshares an outperform vote.
Summary
Independent Bank beats Equity Bancshares on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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