NBTB vs. TRMK, CHCO, NWBI, NBHC, FCF, WAL, CFR, BPOP, ZION, and PNFP
Should you be buying NBT Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NBT Bancorp include Trustmark (TRMK), City (CHCO), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), National Bank (NBHC), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Popular (BPOP), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), and Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
NBT Bancorp (NASDAQ:NBTB) and Trustmark (NASDAQ:TRMK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
NBT Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Trustmark pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. NBT Bancorp pays out 49.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trustmark pays out 35.8% 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.
Trustmark has higher revenue and earnings than NBT Bancorp. Trustmark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NBT Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NBT Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $41.20, indicating a potential upside of 11.38%. Trustmark has a consensus price target of $32.75, indicating a potential upside of 11.17%. Given NBT Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NBT Bancorp is more favorable than Trustmark.
In the previous week, NBT Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Trustmark. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for NBT Bancorp and 5 mentions for Trustmark. Trustmark's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat NBT Bancorp's score of 0.63 indicating that Trustmark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NBT Bancorp has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trustmark has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
58.5% of NBT Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.6% of Trustmark shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of NBT Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Trustmark 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.
Trustmark received 54 more outperform votes than NBT Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.38% of users gave NBT Bancorp an outperform vote while only 50.90% of users gave Trustmark an outperform vote.
NBT Bancorp has a net margin of 16.71% compared to Trustmark's net margin of 13.82%. NBT Bancorp's return on equity of 10.20% beat Trustmark's return on equity.
Summary
NBT Bancorp beats Trustmark on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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