SRCE vs. NBHC, FBNC, STBA, TCBK, SYBT, PFBC, EFSC, GABC, SBSI, and VBTX
Should you be buying 1st Source stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 1st Source include National Bank (NBHC), First Bancorp (FBNC), S&T Bancorp (STBA), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), Preferred Bank (PFBC), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), German American Bancorp (GABC), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), and Veritex (VBTX).
National Bank (NYSE:NBHC) and 1st Source (NASDAQ:SRCE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.
National Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 1st Source pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. National Bank pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 1st Source pays out 27.4% 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. National Bank has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and 1st Source has increased its dividend for 36 consecutive years.
92.7% of National Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.5% of 1st Source shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of National Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.4% of 1st Source shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
National Bank has higher revenue and earnings than 1st Source. National Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 1st Source, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
1st Source received 22 more outperform votes than National Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.40% of users gave 1st Source an outperform vote while only 55.58% of users gave National Bank an outperform vote.
In the previous week, National Bank had 3 more articles in the media than 1st Source. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for National Bank and 3 mentions for 1st Source. 1st Source's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat National Bank's score of 0.71 indicating that National Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
National Bank has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 1st Source has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
1st Source has a net margin of 23.33% compared to 1st Source's net margin of 22.94%. National Bank's return on equity of 11.99% beat 1st Source's return on equity.
National Bank currently has a consensus price target of $38.63, suggesting a potential upside of 10.52%. 1st Source has a consensus price target of $56.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.28%. Given 1st Source's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe National Bank is more favorable than 1st Source.
Summary
1st Source beats National Bank on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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