WTBA vs. BSRR, CZNC, EBTC, BMRC, BWB, MOFG, RBB, CCNE, PWOD, and SPFI
Should you be buying West Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of West Bancorporation include Sierra Bancorp (BSRR), Citizens & Northern (CZNC), Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), Bridgewater Bancshares (BWB), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), RBB Bancorp (RBB), CNB Financial (CCNE), Penns Woods Bancorp (PWOD), and South Plains Financial (SPFI). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Sierra Bancorp (NASDAQ:BSRR) and West Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WTBA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.
Sierra Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. West Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Sierra Bancorp pays out 38.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. West Bancorporation pays out 75.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
55.4% of Sierra Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.3% of West Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of Sierra Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of West Bancorporation shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Sierra Bancorp and Sierra Bancorp both had 1 articles in the media. Sierra Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat West Bancorporation's score of 1.38 indicating that West Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sierra Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than West Bancorporation. Sierra Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than West Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sierra Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $22.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.42%. West Bancorporation has a consensus price target of $21.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.13%. Given Sierra Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe West Bancorporation is more favorable than Sierra Bancorp.
Sierra Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, West Bancorporation has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sierra Bancorp has a net margin of 17.80% compared to Sierra Bancorp's net margin of 12.48%. West Bancorporation's return on equity of 11.11% beat Sierra Bancorp's return on equity.
Sierra Bancorp received 111 more outperform votes than West Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.11% of users gave Sierra Bancorp an outperform vote while only 46.55% of users gave West Bancorporation an outperform vote.
Summary
Sierra Bancorp beats West Bancorporation on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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