OBT vs. PEBO, BY, QCRH, GABC, OBK, OBNK, LBAI, SBSI, AMAL, and FMBH
Should you be buying Orange County Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orange County Bancorp include Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Byline Bancorp (BY), QCR (QCRH), German American Bancorp (GABC), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), and First Mid Bancshares (FMBH). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Peoples Bancorp (NASDAQ:PEBO) and Orange County Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Peoples Bancorp received 264 more outperform votes than Orange County Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.93% of users gave Peoples Bancorp an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave Orange County Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Orange County Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Peoples Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Orange County Bancorp and 0 mentions for Peoples Bancorp. Peoples Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Orange County Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Orange County Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Peoples Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $33.40, indicating a potential upside of 18.19%. Orange County Bancorp has a consensus price target of $51.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.87%. Given Orange County Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Peoples Bancorp is more favorable than Orange County Bancorp.
60.7% of Peoples Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.6% of Orange County Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Peoples Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of Orange County Bancorp shares are held 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.
Peoples Bancorp has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orange County Bancorp has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Peoples Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Orange County Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Peoples Bancorp pays out 47.9% 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. Peoples Bancorp has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years. Peoples Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Orange County Bancorp has a net margin of 26.05% compared to Orange County Bancorp's net margin of 20.17%. Peoples Bancorp's return on equity of 22.70% beat Orange County Bancorp's return on equity.
Peoples Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Orange County Bancorp. Orange County Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Peoples Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Peoples Bancorp beats Orange County Bancorp on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Orange County Bancorp News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for OBT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding OBT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Orange County Bancorp Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
