NRIM vs. FMAO, WSBF, PDLB, CVLY, BCBP, PFBC, PEBO, SASR, GABC, and LBAI
Should you be buying Northrim BanCorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northrim BanCorp include Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Ponce Financial Group (PDLB), Codorus Valley Bancorp (CVLY), BCB Bancorp (BCBP), Preferred Bank (PFBC), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), German American Bancorp (GABC), and Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Northrim BanCorp (NASDAQ:NRIM) and Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:FMAO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Northrim BanCorp pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Northrim BanCorp pays out 47.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp pays out 55.3% 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. Northrim BanCorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
66.0% of Northrim BanCorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.0% of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Northrim BanCorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Northrim BanCorp received 10 more outperform votes than Farmers & Merchants Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.17% of users gave Northrim BanCorp an outperform vote while only 57.96% of users gave Farmers & Merchants Bancorp an outperform vote.
Northrim BanCorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Farmers & Merchants Bancorp. Northrim BanCorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Northrim BanCorp had 3 more articles in the media than Farmers & Merchants Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Northrim BanCorp and 3 mentions for Farmers & Merchants Bancorp. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Northrim BanCorp's score of 1.01 indicating that Farmers & Merchants Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Northrim BanCorp has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Northrim BanCorp has a net margin of 17.19% compared to Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's net margin of 13.34%. Northrim BanCorp's return on equity of 12.50% beat Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's return on equity.
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has a consensus price target of $23.17, indicating a potential upside of 5.02%. Given Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Farmers & Merchants Bancorp is more favorable than Northrim BanCorp.
Summary
Northrim BanCorp beats Farmers & Merchants Bancorp on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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