MOFG vs. BSRR, EBTC, WTBA, CZNC, BMRC, CCNE, THFF, WASH, FMNB, and CCBG
Should you be buying MidWestOne Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MidWestOne Financial Group include Sierra Bancorp (BSRR), Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC), West Bancorporation (WTBA), Citizens & Northern (CZNC), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), CNB Financial (CCNE), First Financial (THFF), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), Farmers National Banc (FMNB), and Capital City Bank Group (CCBG). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
MidWestOne Financial Group (NASDAQ:MOFG) and Sierra Bancorp (NASDAQ:BSRR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Sierra Bancorp has a net margin of 17.80% compared to MidWestOne Financial Group's net margin of 7.78%. Sierra Bancorp's return on equity of 10.89% beat MidWestOne Financial Group's return on equity.
Sierra Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MidWestOne Financial Group. Sierra Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MidWestOne Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MidWestOne Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Sierra Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. MidWestOne Financial Group pays out 67.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sierra Bancorp pays out 38.0% 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.
Sierra Bancorp received 6 more outperform votes than MidWestOne Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.12% of users gave MidWestOne Financial Group an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Sierra Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Sierra Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than MidWestOne Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Sierra Bancorp and 1 mentions for MidWestOne Financial Group. MidWestOne Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Sierra Bancorp's score of -0.56 indicating that MidWestOne Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MidWestOne Financial Group has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sierra Bancorp has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
65.4% of MidWestOne Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Sierra Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of MidWestOne Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Sierra 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.
MidWestOne Financial Group presently has a consensus price target of $24.13, indicating a potential upside of 10.31%. Sierra Bancorp has a consensus price target of $22.33, indicating a potential upside of 1.79%. Given MidWestOne Financial Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe MidWestOne Financial Group is more favorable than Sierra Bancorp.
Summary
Sierra Bancorp beats MidWestOne Financial Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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