John Marshall Bancorp (JMSB) Competitors

Origin Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBK) and John Marshall Bancorp (NASDAQ:JMSB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is OBK or JMSB a better dividend stock?

Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. John Marshall Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Origin Bancorp pays out 22.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. John Marshall Bancorp pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Origin Bancorp has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Origin Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of OBK or JMSB?

54.7% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.1% of John Marshall Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.7% of John Marshall Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to OBK or JMSB?

In the previous week, John Marshall Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Origin Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for John Marshall Bancorp and 0 mentions for Origin Bancorp. Origin Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat John Marshall Bancorp's score of 1.40 indicating that John Marshall Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Origin Bancorp	Positive
John Marshall Bancorp	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, OBK or JMSB?

Origin Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than John Marshall Bancorp. Origin Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than John Marshall Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Origin Bancorp	$581.73M	1.67	$83.80M	$2.65	11.80
John Marshall Bancorp	$85.83M	2.86	$5.16M	$0.22	78.37

Do analysts recommend OBK or JMSB?

Origin Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $33.33, suggesting a potential upside of 6.60%. Given John Marshall Bancorp's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Origin Bancorp is more favorable than John Marshall Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Origin Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
John Marshall Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, OBK or JMSB?

Origin Bancorp has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Marshall Bancorp has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OBK or JMSB more profitable?

Origin Bancorp has a net margin of 13.66% compared to Origin Bancorp's net margin of 3.42%. John Marshall Bancorp's return on equity of 8.17% beat Origin Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Origin Bancorp	13.66%	8.17%	0.86%
John Marshall Bancorp	3.42%	7.82%	0.77%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OBK or JMSB?

John Marshall Bancorp received 49 more outperform votes than Origin Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.97% of users gave John Marshall Bancorp an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Origin Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Origin Bancorp	Outperform Votes 5 62.50%	Underperform Votes 3 37.50%
John Marshall Bancorp	Outperform Votes 54 72.97%	Underperform Votes 20 27.03%

Summary

Origin Bancorp beats John Marshall Bancorp on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.