WSBC vs. NBTB, TBBK, TRMK, CHCO, FCF, FRME, HOPE, NBHC, FFBC, and WABC
Should you be buying WesBanco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WesBanco include NBT Bancorp (NBTB), Bancorp (TBBK), Trustmark (TRMK), City (CHCO), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), First Merchants (FRME), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), National Bank (NBHC), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), and Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
WesBanco (NASDAQ:WSBC) and NBT Bancorp (NASDAQ:NBTB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, WesBanco had 12 more articles in the media than NBT Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for WesBanco and 14 mentions for NBT Bancorp. NBT Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat WesBanco's score of 0.34 indicating that NBT Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
WesBanco has a net margin of 17.52% compared to NBT Bancorp's net margin of 16.71%. NBT Bancorp's return on equity of 10.20% beat WesBanco's return on equity.
61.4% of WesBanco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.5% of NBT Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of WesBanco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of NBT Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
WesBanco currently has a consensus price target of $30.60, indicating a potential upside of 12.87%. NBT Bancorp has a consensus price target of $41.20, indicating a potential upside of 17.25%. Given NBT Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NBT Bancorp is more favorable than WesBanco.
WesBanco has higher revenue and earnings than NBT Bancorp. WesBanco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NBT Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
WesBanco received 35 more outperform votes than NBT Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.38% of users gave NBT Bancorp an outperform vote while only 51.46% of users gave WesBanco an outperform vote.
WesBanco has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NBT Bancorp has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
WesBanco pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. NBT Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. WesBanco pays out 60.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NBT Bancorp pays out 49.4% 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.
Summary
NBT Bancorp beats WesBanco on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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