OBT vs. PFBC, PEBO, BY, OBK, OBNK, GABC, QCRH, LBAI, SBSI, and AMAL
Should you be buying Orange County Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orange County Bancorp include Preferred Bank (PFBC), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Byline Bancorp (BY), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), German American Bancorp (GABC), QCR (QCRH), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), and Amalgamated Financial (AMAL). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Orange County Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBT) and Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Preferred Bank has a net margin of 28.70% compared to Orange County Bancorp's net margin of 26.05%. Orange County Bancorp's return on equity of 22.70% beat Preferred Bank's return on equity.
Preferred Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Orange County Bancorp. Preferred Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orange County Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Preferred Bank received 320 more outperform votes than Orange County Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.46% of users gave Preferred Bank an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave Orange County Bancorp an outperform vote.
42.6% of Orange County Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Preferred Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.5% of Orange County Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Orange County Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $51.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.02%. Preferred Bank has a consensus price target of $67.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.33%. Given Orange County Bancorp's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Orange County Bancorp is more favorable than Preferred Bank.
Orange County Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Preferred Bank pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Orange County Bancorp pays out 14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Preferred Bank pays out 27.0% 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.
Orange County Bancorp has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Preferred Bank has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Preferred Bank had 1 more articles in the media than Orange County Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Preferred Bank and 2 mentions for Orange County Bancorp. Preferred Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Orange County Bancorp's score of 0.04 indicating that Preferred Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Preferred Bank beats Orange County Bancorp on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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