OBNK vs. OBK, BY, QCRH, RBCAA, GABC, PEBO, VBTX, PFBC, SBSI, and LBAI
Should you be buying Origin Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Origin Bancorp include Origin Bancorp (OBK), Byline Bancorp (BY), QCR (QCRH), Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), German American Bancorp (GABC), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Veritex (VBTX), Preferred Bank (PFBC), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), and Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Origin Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBK) and Origin Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBNK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, Origin Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Origin Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Origin Bancorp and 0 mentions for Origin Bancorp. Origin Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Origin Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Origin Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Origin Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $33.33, suggesting a potential downside of 0.17%. Given Origin Bancorp's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Origin Bancorp is more favorable than Origin Bancorp.
Origin Bancorp has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Origin Bancorp has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
54.7% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Origin Bancorp received 127 more outperform votes than Origin Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.77% of users gave Origin Bancorp an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Origin Bancorp an outperform vote.
Origin Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Origin Bancorp. Origin Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Origin Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Origin Bancorp has a net margin of 20.47% compared to Origin Bancorp's net margin of 13.66%. Origin Bancorp's return on equity of 10.45% beat Origin Bancorp's return on equity.
Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Origin Bancorp pays out 22.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Origin Bancorp pays out 18.7% 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. Origin Bancorp has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Origin Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Origin Bancorp beats Origin Bancorp on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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