TBBK vs. NBTB, TRMK, WSBC, FRME, CHCO, FCF, FFBC, SFNC, NBHC, and WABC
Should you be buying Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bancorp include NBT Bancorp (NBTB), Trustmark (TRMK), WesBanco (WSBC), First Merchants (FRME), City (CHCO), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Simmons First National (SFNC), National Bank (NBHC), and Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Bancorp (NASDAQ:TBBK) and NBT Bancorp (NASDAQ:NBTB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, Bancorp had 6 more articles in the media than NBT Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Bancorp and 0 mentions for NBT Bancorp. NBT Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Bancorp's score of 0.36 indicating that NBT Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bancorp received 114 more outperform votes than NBT Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.36% of users gave Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.38% of users gave NBT Bancorp an outperform vote.
Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.44%. NBT Bancorp has a consensus price target of $41.20, indicating a potential upside of 7.71%. Given Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Bancorp is more favorable than NBT Bancorp.
96.2% of Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.5% of NBT Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of NBT Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bancorp has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NBT Bancorp has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bancorp has a net margin of 31.40% compared to NBT Bancorp's net margin of 16.71%. Bancorp's return on equity of 26.32% beat NBT Bancorp's return on equity.
Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NBT Bancorp. Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NBT Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Bancorp beats NBT Bancorp on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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