WTBA vs. CZNC, EBTC, BSRR, BMRC, MOFG, RBB, CCNE, CFFI, PWOD, and THFF
Should you be buying West Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of West Bancorporation include Citizens & Northern (CZNC), Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC), Sierra Bancorp (BSRR), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), RBB Bancorp (RBB), CNB Financial (CCNE), C&F Financial (CFFI), Penns Woods Bancorp (PWOD), and First Financial (THFF). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Citizens & Northern (NASDAQ:CZNC) and West Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WTBA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Citizens & Northern pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. West Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Citizens & Northern pays out 73.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. West Bancorporation pays out 75.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Citizens & Northern is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Citizens & Northern had 1 more articles in the media than West Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Citizens & Northern and 0 mentions for West Bancorporation. Citizens & Northern's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat West Bancorporation's score of 0.73 indicating that West Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Citizens & Northern has higher earnings, but lower revenue than West Bancorporation. Citizens & Northern is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than West Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Citizens & Northern received 51 more outperform votes than West Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.65% of users gave Citizens & Northern an outperform vote while only 46.55% of users gave West Bancorporation an outperform vote.
30.8% of Citizens & Northern shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.3% of West Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Citizens & Northern shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of West Bancorporation shares are owned by 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.
Citizens & Northern has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, West Bancorporation has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Citizens & Northern currently has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.64%. West Bancorporation has a consensus target price of $21.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.31%. Given Citizens & Northern's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe West Bancorporation is more favorable than Citizens & Northern.
Citizens & Northern has a net margin of 16.20% compared to Citizens & Northern's net margin of 12.48%. Citizens & Northern's return on equity of 10.16% beat West Bancorporation's return on equity.
Summary
Citizens & Northern beats West Bancorporation on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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