ORRF vs. BSRR, CZNC, UNTY, WTBA, FRST, INBK, FBIZ, ACNB, MVBF, and OBT
Should you be buying Orrstown Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orrstown Financial Services include Sierra Bancorp (BSRR), Citizens & Northern (CZNC), Unity Bancorp (UNTY), West Bancorporation (WTBA), Primis Financial (FRST), First Internet Bancorp (INBK), First Business Financial Services (FBIZ), ACNB (ACNB), MVB Financial (MVBF), and Orange County Bancorp (OBT). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Sierra Bancorp (NASDAQ:BSRR) and Orrstown Financial Services (NASDAQ:ORRF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
Sierra Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Orrstown Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Sierra Bancorp pays out 38.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Orrstown Financial Services pays out 23.9% 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. Orrstown Financial Services has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Orrstown Financial Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sierra Bancorp. Orrstown Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sierra Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sierra Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $22.33, indicating a potential upside of 8.36%. Orrstown Financial Services has a consensus target price of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.98%. Given Sierra Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Orrstown Financial Services is more favorable than Sierra Bancorp.
In the previous week, Sierra Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Orrstown Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Sierra Bancorp and 6 mentions for Orrstown Financial Services. Orrstown Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Sierra Bancorp's score of 0.18 indicating that Sierra Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sierra Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orrstown Financial Services has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Orrstown Financial Services received 12 more outperform votes than Sierra Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.63% of users gave Orrstown Financial Services an outperform vote while only 50.11% of users gave Sierra Bancorp an outperform vote.
Orrstown Financial Services has a net margin of 18.99% compared to Orrstown Financial Services' net margin of 17.80%. Sierra Bancorp's return on equity of 14.60% beat Orrstown Financial Services' return on equity.
55.4% of Sierra Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.3% of Orrstown Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. 11.6% of Sierra Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Orrstown Financial Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Orrstown Financial Services beats Sierra Bancorp on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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