QCRH vs. OBK, OBNK, GABC, BY, RBCAA, PEBO, LBAI, CTBI, AMAL, and FMBH
Should you be buying QCR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of QCR include Origin Bancorp (OBK), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), German American Bancorp (GABC), Byline Bancorp (BY), Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), and First Mid Bancshares (FMBH). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
QCR (NASDAQ:QCRH) and Origin Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
QCR pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. QCR pays out 3.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Origin Bancorp pays out 22.6% 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.
70.0% of QCR shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.7% of Origin Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of QCR shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
QCR has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Origin Bancorp. QCR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Origin Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Origin Bancorp had 12 more articles in the media than QCR. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Origin Bancorp and 4 mentions for QCR. QCR's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Origin Bancorp's score of 0.86 indicating that QCR is being referred to more favorably in the media.
QCR has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Origin Bancorp has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
QCR currently has a consensus target price of $72.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.65%. Origin Bancorp has a consensus target price of $33.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.04%. Given QCR's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe QCR is more favorable than Origin Bancorp.
QCR received 287 more outperform votes than Origin Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.62% of users gave QCR an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Origin Bancorp an outperform vote.
QCR has a net margin of 19.92% compared to Origin Bancorp's net margin of 13.66%. QCR's return on equity of 13.47% beat Origin Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
QCR beats Origin Bancorp on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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