RBCAA vs. GABC, PEBO, SBSI, LBAI, PFBC, TCBK, CTBI, STBA, CNOB, and SRCE
Should you be buying Republic Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Republic Bancorp include German American Bancorp (GABC), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Preferred Bank (PFBC), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), S&T Bancorp (STBA), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), and 1st Source (SRCE). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
German American Bancorp (NASDAQ:GABC) and Republic Bancorp (NASDAQ:RBCAA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
German American Bancorp received 85 more outperform votes than Republic Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.64% of users gave Republic Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.75% of users gave German American Bancorp an outperform vote.
Republic Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than German American Bancorp. Republic Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than German American Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
German American Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $37.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.08%. Given Republic Bancorp's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe German American Bancorp is more favorable than Republic Bancorp.
German American Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Republic Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. German American Bancorp pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Republic Bancorp pays out 34.2% 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. German American Bancorp has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Republic Bancorp has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Republic Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than German American Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Republic Bancorp and 4 mentions for German American Bancorp. Republic Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat German American Bancorp's score of 0.32 indicating that German American Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
German American Bancorp has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Republic Bancorp has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
German American Bancorp has a net margin of 27.10% compared to German American Bancorp's net margin of 20.27%. Republic Bancorp's return on equity of 14.26% beat German American Bancorp's return on equity.
46.9% of German American Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Republic Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of German American Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 56.6% of Republic Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
German American Bancorp beats Republic Bancorp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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