QCRH vs. GABC, OBK, OBNK, BY, RBCAA, PEBO, LBAI, VBTX, SBSI, and PFBC
Should you be buying QCR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of QCR include German American Bancorp (GABC), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), Byline Bancorp (BY), Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Veritex (VBTX), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), and Preferred Bank (PFBC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
German American Bancorp (NASDAQ:GABC) and QCR (NASDAQ:QCRH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
German American Bancorp has a net margin of 25.83% compared to German American Bancorp's net margin of 19.92%. QCR's return on equity of 13.68% beat German American Bancorp's return on equity.
German American Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $37.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.82%. QCR has a consensus target price of $72.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.04%. Given German American Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe QCR is more favorable than German American Bancorp.
46.9% of German American Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of QCR shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of German American Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of QCR shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
QCR has higher revenue and earnings than German American Bancorp. QCR 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.
In the previous week, German American Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than QCR. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for German American Bancorp and 1 mentions for QCR. QCR's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat German American Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that German American Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
German American Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. QCR pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. German American Bancorp pays out 37.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. QCR pays out 3.6% 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. German American Bancorp has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. German American Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
QCR received 41 more outperform votes than German American Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.62% of users gave QCR an outperform vote while only 53.75% of users gave German American Bancorp an outperform vote.
German American Bancorp has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QCR has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
QCR beats German American Bancorp on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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