Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY) Competitors

Bridge Bancorp (NASDAQ:BDGE) and Guaranty Bancshares (NASDAQ:GNTY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Do analysts rate BDGE or GNTY?

Guaranty Bancshares has a consensus target price of $33.33, indicating a potential upside of 14.31%. Given Bridge Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Guaranty Bancshares is more favorable than Bridge Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bridge Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Guaranty Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more risk and volatility, BDGE or GNTY?

Bridge Bancorp has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guaranty Bancshares has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BDGE or GNTY?

58.8% of Bridge Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of Guaranty Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of Bridge Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.4% of Guaranty Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is BDGE or GNTY a better dividend stock?

Bridge Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Guaranty Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Bridge Bancorp pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Guaranty Bancshares pays out 39.3% 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. Guaranty Bancshares has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Bridge Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor BDGE or GNTY?

In the previous week, Guaranty Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Bridge Bancorp'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bridge Bancorp	Neutral
Guaranty Bancshares	Neutral

Is BDGE or GNTY more profitable?

Bridge Bancorp has a net margin of 23.05% compared to Bridge Bancorp's net margin of 15.56%. Guaranty Bancshares' return on equity of 9.83% beat Bridge Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bridge Bancorp	23.05%	9.83%	0.88%
Guaranty Bancshares	15.56%	8.69%	0.82%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BDGE or GNTY?

Bridge Bancorp received 60 more outperform votes than Guaranty Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.22% of users gave Guaranty Bancshares an outperform vote while only 55.93% of users gave Bridge Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bridge Bancorp	Outperform Votes 283 55.93%	Underperform Votes 223 44.07%
Guaranty Bancshares	Outperform Votes 223 58.22%	Underperform Votes 160 41.78%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BDGE or GNTY?

Bridge Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Guaranty Bancshares. Bridge Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guaranty Bancshares, 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
Bridge Bancorp	$206.93M	1.76	$51.69M	$2.59	7.13
Guaranty Bancshares	$179.01M	1.88	$30.04M	$2.44	11.95

Summary

Bridge Bancorp beats Guaranty Bancshares on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.