NBTB vs. TBBK, WSBC, TRMK, CHCO, FRME, FCF, WABC, NBHC, HOPE, and FFBC
Should you be buying NBT Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NBT Bancorp include Bancorp (TBBK), WesBanco (WSBC), Trustmark (TRMK), City (CHCO), First Merchants (FRME), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), National Bank (NBHC), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), and First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC). 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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
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.
In the previous week, Bancorp had 7 more articles in the media than NBT Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Bancorp and 1 mentions for NBT Bancorp. Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat NBT Bancorp's score of 0.36 indicating that NBT Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bancorp has a net margin of 31.40% compared to Bancorp's net margin of 16.71%. NBT Bancorp's return on equity of 26.32% beat Bancorp's return on equity.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of NBT Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Bancorp has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NBT Bancorp has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.53%. NBT Bancorp has a consensus target price of $41.20, indicating a potential upside of 7.21%. Given NBT Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Bancorp is more favorable than NBT Bancorp.
Summary
Bancorp beats NBT Bancorp on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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