BSRR vs. BWB, RRBI, WTBA, CCNE, SPFI, STBA, PFBC, PEBO, SASR, and GABC
Should you be buying Sierra Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sierra Bancorp include Bridgewater Bancshares (BWB), Red River Bancshares (RRBI), West Bancorporation (WTBA), CNB Financial (CCNE), South Plains Financial (SPFI), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Preferred Bank (PFBC), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), and German American Bancorp (GABC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Sierra Bancorp (NASDAQ:BSRR) and Bridgewater Bancshares (NASDAQ:BWB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
55.4% of Sierra Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 11.6% of Sierra Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.2% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bridgewater Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Sierra Bancorp. Sierra Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridgewater Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sierra Bancorp received 82 more outperform votes than Bridgewater Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.32% of users gave Bridgewater Bancshares an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Sierra Bancorp an outperform vote.
Sierra Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.79%. Bridgewater Bancshares has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.49%. Given Bridgewater Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bridgewater Bancshares is more favorable than Sierra Bancorp.
Sierra Bancorp has a net margin of 17.80% compared to Bridgewater Bancshares' net margin of 15.37%. Sierra Bancorp's return on equity of 10.89% beat Bridgewater Bancshares' return on equity.
Sierra Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgewater Bancshares has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Sierra Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Bridgewater Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Sierra Bancorp and 3 mentions for Bridgewater Bancshares. Sierra Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Bridgewater Bancshares' score of 0.93 indicating that Sierra Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Sierra Bancorp and Bridgewater Bancshares tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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