RBCAA vs. GABC, PEBO, TCBK, LBAI, CTBI, BUSE, FBNC, CNOB, UVSP, and FCBC
Should you be buying Republic Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Republic Bancorp include German American Bancorp (GABC), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Busey (BUSE), First Bancorp (FBNC), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Univest Financial (UVSP), and First Community Bankshares (FCBC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Republic Bancorp (NASDAQ:RBCAA) and German American Bancorp (NASDAQ:GABC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.
Republic Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than German American Bancorp. Republic Bancorp 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.
Republic Bancorp has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, German American Bancorp has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
German American Bancorp has a consensus price target of $37.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.06%. Given German American Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe German American Bancorp is more favorable than Republic Bancorp.
German American Bancorp received 85 more outperform votes than Republic Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.64% of users gave Republic Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.75% of users gave German American Bancorp an outperform vote.
German American Bancorp has a net margin of 25.83% compared to Republic Bancorp's net margin of 20.27%. German American Bancorp's return on equity of 13.98% beat Republic Bancorp's return on equity.
24.4% of Republic Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.9% of German American Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 56.6% of Republic Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of German American Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, German American Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Republic Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for German American Bancorp and 1 mentions for Republic Bancorp. Republic Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat German American Bancorp's score of 0.32 indicating that Republic Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Republic Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. German American Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Republic Bancorp pays out 34.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. German American Bancorp pays out 37.9% 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
German American Bancorp beats Republic Bancorp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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