STBA vs. TCBK, SRCE, FBNC, SYBT, GABC, FNB, HOMB, UBSI, FFIN, and GBCI
Should you be buying S&T Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of S&T Bancorp include TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), 1st Source (SRCE), First Bancorp (FBNC), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), German American Bancorp (GABC), F.N.B. (FNB), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), United Bankshares (UBSI), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), and Glacier Bancorp (GBCI). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
S&T Bancorp (NASDAQ:STBA) and TriCo Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
S&T Bancorp has a net margin of 24.68% compared to TriCo Bancshares' net margin of 21.25%. S&T Bancorp's return on equity of 10.86% beat TriCo Bancshares' return on equity.
S&T Bancorp has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriCo Bancshares has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, TriCo Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than S&T Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for TriCo Bancshares and 4 mentions for S&T Bancorp. S&T Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat TriCo Bancshares' score of 1.18 indicating that S&T Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
65.2% of S&T Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.1% of TriCo Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of S&T Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of TriCo Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
S&T Bancorp received 19 more outperform votes than TriCo Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.00% of users gave TriCo Bancshares an outperform vote while only 50.95% of users gave S&T Bancorp an outperform vote.
S&T Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TriCo Bancshares. S&T Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TriCo Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
S&T Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.99%. TriCo Bancshares has a consensus price target of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.29%. Given TriCo Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TriCo Bancshares is more favorable than S&T Bancorp.
S&T Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. TriCo Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. S&T Bancorp pays out 37.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TriCo Bancshares pays out 40.2% 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. S&T Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
S&T Bancorp beats TriCo Bancshares on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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