RNST vs. OFG, FBK, BANR, HTLF, LKFN, LOB, TOWN, EFSC, SBCF, and SYBT
Should you be buying Renasant stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Renasant include OFG Bancorp (OFG), FB Financial (FBK), Banner (BANR), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), Lakeland Financial (LKFN), Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), TowneBank (TOWN), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), and Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Renasant (NASDAQ:RNST) and OFG Bancorp (NYSE:OFG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
In the previous week, OFG Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Renasant. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for OFG Bancorp and 2 mentions for Renasant. OFG Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Renasant's score of 1.43 indicating that OFG Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Renasant has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OFG Bancorp has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Renasant pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. OFG Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. 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 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.
OFG Bancorp has a net margin of 23.00% compared to Renasant's net margin of 14.67%. OFG Bancorp's return on equity of 16.10% beat Renasant's return on equity.
Renasant currently has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.62%. OFG Bancorp has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.76%. Given Renasant's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Renasant is more favorable than OFG Bancorp.
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.
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, 3.1% 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
OFG Bancorp beats Renasant on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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