AROW vs. BDGE, SMBK, ALRS, SHBI, GNTY, NEWT, CAC, HAFC, CARE, and FISI
Should you be buying Arrow Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arrow Financial include Bridge Bancorp (BDGE), SmartFinancial (SMBK), Alerus Financial (ALRS), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY), NewtekOne (NEWT), Camden National (CAC), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), Carter Bankshares (CARE), and Financial Institutions (FISI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Bridge Bancorp (NASDAQ:BDGE) and Arrow Financial (NASDAQ:AROW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Bridge Bancorp received 167 more outperform votes than Arrow Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.93% of users gave Bridge Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.49% of users gave Arrow Financial an outperform vote.
Bridge Bancorp has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arrow Financial has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bridge Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Arrow Financial. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Bridge Bancorp and 0 mentions for Arrow Financial. Arrow Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Bridge Bancorp'saverage media sentiment score.
Bridge Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Arrow Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Bridge Bancorp pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arrow Financial pays out 62.8% 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. Arrow Financial has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Bridge Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
58.8% of Bridge Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of Arrow Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of Bridge Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Arrow Financial 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.
Bridge Bancorp has a net margin of 23.05% compared to Bridge Bancorp's net margin of 14.34%. Arrow Financial's return on equity of 9.83% beat Bridge Bancorp's return on equity.
Bridge Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Arrow Financial. Bridge Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arrow Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Bridge Bancorp beats Arrow Financial on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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