NBTB vs. TRMK, CHCO, NBHC, FCF, NWBI, WAL, CFR, BPOP, ZION, and WTFC
Should you be buying NBT Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NBT Bancorp include Trustmark (TRMK), City (CHCO), National Bank (NBHC), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Popular (BPOP), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), and Wintrust Financial (WTFC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Trustmark (NASDAQ:TRMK) and NBT Bancorp (NASDAQ:NBTB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Trustmark had 1 more articles in the media than NBT Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Trustmark and 3 mentions for NBT Bancorp. NBT Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Trustmark's score of 1.19 indicating that Trustmark is being referred to more favorably in the media.
67.6% of Trustmark shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.5% of NBT Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Trustmark shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of NBT Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Trustmark has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NBT Bancorp has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Trustmark pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. NBT Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Trustmark pays out 35.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NBT Bancorp pays out 49.4% 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. NBT Bancorp has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. NBT Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Trustmark presently has a consensus price target of $32.75, suggesting a potential upside of 18.06%. NBT Bancorp has a consensus price target of $41.20, suggesting a potential upside of 17.48%. Given NBT Bancorp's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Trustmark is more favorable than NBT Bancorp.
Trustmark received 54 more outperform votes than NBT Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.38% of users gave NBT Bancorp an outperform vote while only 50.90% of users gave Trustmark an outperform vote.
NBT Bancorp has a net margin of 16.71% compared to NBT Bancorp's net margin of 13.82%. Trustmark's return on equity of 10.20% beat NBT Bancorp's return on equity.
Trustmark has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NBT Bancorp. Trustmark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NBT Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
NBT Bancorp beats Trustmark on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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