TCBK vs. SRCE, FBNC, BUSE, STBA, VBTX, FNB, HOMB, UBSI, FFIN, and GBCI
Should you be buying TriCo Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TriCo Bancshares include 1st Source (SRCE), First Bancorp (FBNC), First Busey (BUSE), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Veritex (VBTX), 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 "finance" sector.
1st Source (NASDAQ:SRCE) and TriCo Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and profitability.
1st Source has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriCo Bancshares has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
1st Source has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TriCo Bancshares. 1st Source is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TriCo Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
1st Source has a net margin of 23.33% compared to 1st Source's net margin of 21.25%. TriCo Bancshares' return on equity of 11.99% beat 1st Source's return on equity.
74.4% of 1st Source shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.1% of TriCo Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 19.3% of 1st Source shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of TriCo Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
1st Source pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. TriCo Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 1st Source pays out 27.4% 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. 1st Source has raised its dividend for 36 consecutive years and TriCo Bancshares has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.
1st Source received 6 more outperform votes than TriCo Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.40% of users gave 1st Source an outperform vote while only 54.00% of users gave TriCo Bancshares an outperform vote.
In the previous week, TriCo Bancshares had 3 more articles in the media than 1st Source. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for TriCo Bancshares and 2 mentions for 1st Source. 1st Source's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat TriCo Bancshares' score of 1.25 indicating that TriCo Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
1st Source currently has a consensus target price of $56.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.47%. TriCo Bancshares has a consensus target price of $42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.73%. Given 1st Source's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TriCo Bancshares is more favorable than 1st Source.
Summary
1st Source beats TriCo Bancshares on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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