OFG vs. RNST, LKFN, BANR, HTLF, EFSC, FBNC, TOWN, SBCF, SYBT, and BUSE
Should you be buying OFG Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OFG Bancorp include Renasant (RNST), Lakeland Financial (LKFN), Banner (BANR), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), First Bancorp (FBNC), TowneBank (TOWN), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), and First Busey (BUSE). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Renasant (NASDAQ:RNST) and OFG Bancorp (NYSE:OFG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Renasant has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OFG Bancorp has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Renasant currently has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.55%. OFG Bancorp has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.19%. Given OFG Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Renasant is more favorable than OFG Bancorp.
In the previous week, Renasant had 9 more articles in the media than OFG Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Renasant and 6 mentions for OFG Bancorp. Renasant's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat OFG Bancorp's score of 0.70 indicating that OFG Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
OFG Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Renasant. OFG Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Renasant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
77.3% of Renasant shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of OFG Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Renasant shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of OFG Bancorp shares are held 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.
OFG Bancorp has a net margin of 23.00% compared to OFG Bancorp's net margin of 14.67%. Renasant's return on equity of 16.10% beat OFG Bancorp's return on equity.
Renasant pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. OFG Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Renasant pays out 35.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OFG Bancorp pays out 25.6% 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. OFG Bancorp has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Renasant received 78 more outperform votes than OFG Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.15% of users gave OFG Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.69% of users gave Renasant an outperform vote.
Summary
OFG Bancorp beats Renasant on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get OFG Bancorp News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for OFG and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding OFG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
OFG Bancorp Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
