EBTC vs. WTBA, BSRR, MOFG, CZNC, BMRC, CCNE, SPFI, THFF, CCBG, and WASH
Should you be buying Enterprise Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enterprise Bancorp include West Bancorporation (WTBA), Sierra Bancorp (BSRR), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), Citizens & Northern (CZNC), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), CNB Financial (CCNE), South Plains Financial (SPFI), First Financial (THFF), Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), and Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
West Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WTBA) and Enterprise Bancorp (NASDAQ:EBTC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.
44.3% of West Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.9% of Enterprise Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of West Bancorporation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of Enterprise Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Enterprise Bancorp has a net margin of 15.80% compared to Enterprise Bancorp's net margin of 12.48%. West Bancorporation's return on equity of 11.28% beat Enterprise Bancorp's return on equity.
West Bancorporation presently has a consensus price target of $21.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.31%. Given Enterprise Bancorp's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe West Bancorporation is more favorable than Enterprise Bancorp.
Enterprise Bancorp received 133 more outperform votes than West Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.89% of users gave Enterprise Bancorp an outperform vote while only 46.55% of users gave West Bancorporation an outperform vote.
West Bancorporation has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Bancorp has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Enterprise Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than West Bancorporation. Enterprise 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.
In the previous week, Enterprise Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than West Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Enterprise Bancorp and 0 mentions for West Bancorporation. West Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Enterprise Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Enterprise Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
West Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Enterprise Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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. Enterprise Bancorp pays out 33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enterprise Bancorp has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years.
Summary
Enterprise Bancorp beats West Bancorporation on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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