SRCE vs. TCBK, FBNC, STBA, SYBT, VBTX, FNB, HOMB, UBSI, FFIN, and GBCI
Should you be buying 1st Source stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 1st Source include TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), First Bancorp (FBNC), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), 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.
TriCo Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBK) and 1st Source (NASDAQ:SRCE) 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.
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 and TriCo Bancshares both had 4 articles in the media. 1st Source's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat TriCo Bancshares' score of 0.80 indicating that TriCo Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TriCo Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.75%. 1st Source has a consensus price target of $56.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.37%. Given 1st Source's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe TriCo Bancshares is more favorable than 1st Source.
59.1% of TriCo Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.5% of 1st Source shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of TriCo Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of 1st Source 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.
TriCo Bancshares has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 1st Source has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TriCo Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 1st Source pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. TriCo Bancshares pays out 40.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 1st Source pays out 27.4% 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. TriCo Bancshares has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. TriCo Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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.
1st Source has higher revenue and earnings 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.
Summary
1st Source beats TriCo Bancshares on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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