OBT vs. BSVN, CZNC, UNTY, INBK, ACNB, ORRF, FBIZ, FRST, BMRC, and WTBA
Should you be buying Orange County Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orange County Bancorp include Bank7 (BSVN), Citizens & Northern (CZNC), Unity Bancorp (UNTY), First Internet Bancorp (INBK), ACNB (ACNB), Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF), First Business Financial Services (FBIZ), Primis Financial (FRST), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), and West Bancorporation (WTBA). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Bank7 (NASDAQ:BSVN) and Orange County Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
Orange County Bancorp has a net margin of 26.05% compared to Orange County Bancorp's net margin of 21.70%. Bank7's return on equity of 22.70% beat Orange County Bancorp's return on equity.
Bank7 pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Orange County Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Bank7 pays out 26.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Orange County Bancorp pays out 14.6% 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. Bank7 has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Bank7 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Bank7 currently has a consensus price target of $32.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.46%. Orange County Bancorp has a consensus price target of $51.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.87%. Given Orange County Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bank7 is more favorable than Orange County Bancorp.
In the previous week, Orange County Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Bank7. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Orange County Bancorp and 2 mentions for Bank7. Orange County Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Bank7's score of 0.60 indicating that Bank7 is being referred to more favorably in the media.
23.5% of Bank7 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.6% of Orange County Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.9% of Bank7 shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of Orange County Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Bank7 received 66 more outperform votes than Orange County Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.72% of users gave Bank7 an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave Orange County Bancorp an outperform vote.
Bank7 has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orange County Bancorp has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Orange County Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Bank7. Orange County Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank7, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Bank7 beats Orange County Bancorp on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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