NBTB vs. TRMK, WSBC, CHCO, TBBK, FCF, HOPE, NBHC, WABC, FRME, and FFBC
Should you be buying NBT Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NBT Bancorp include Trustmark (TRMK), WesBanco (WSBC), City (CHCO), Bancorp (TBBK), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), National Bank (NBHC), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), First Merchants (FRME), and First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
NBT Bancorp (NASDAQ:NBTB) and Trustmark (NASDAQ:TRMK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
In the previous week, Trustmark had 14 more articles in the media than NBT Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Trustmark and 20 mentions for NBT Bancorp. Trustmark's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat NBT Bancorp's score of 0.52 indicating that Trustmark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NBT Bancorp has a net margin of 16.71% compared to Trustmark's net margin of 13.82%. NBT Bancorp's return on equity of 10.20% beat Trustmark's return on equity.
NBT Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $41.20, indicating a potential upside of 14.54%. Trustmark has a consensus target price of $32.75, indicating a potential upside of 8.99%. Given NBT Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NBT Bancorp is more favorable than Trustmark.
NBT Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Trustmark pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. NBT Bancorp pays out 49.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trustmark pays out 35.8% 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.
Trustmark has higher revenue and earnings than NBT Bancorp. Trustmark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NBT Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
58.5% of NBT Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.6% of Trustmark shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of NBT Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Trustmark shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Trustmark received 54 more outperform votes than NBT Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.38% of users gave NBT Bancorp an outperform vote while only 50.90% of users gave Trustmark an outperform vote.
NBT Bancorp has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trustmark has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
NBT Bancorp beats Trustmark on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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