BSRR vs. MOFG, EBTC, WTBA, CZNC, BMRC, CCNE, SPFI, THFF, CCBG, and WASH
Should you be buying Sierra Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sierra Bancorp include MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC), West Bancorporation (WTBA), Citizens & Northern (CZNC), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), CNB Financial (CCNE), South Plains Financial (SPFI), First Financial (THFF), Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), and Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
MidWestOne Financial Group (NASDAQ:MOFG) and Sierra Bancorp (NASDAQ:BSRR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
MidWestOne Financial Group has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sierra Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MidWestOne Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Sierra Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. MidWestOne Financial Group pays out 67.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sierra Bancorp pays out 38.0% 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. MidWestOne Financial Group has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. MidWestOne Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
MidWestOne Financial Group currently has a consensus price target of $24.13, indicating a potential upside of 11.38%. Sierra Bancorp has a consensus price target of $22.33, indicating a potential upside of 2.03%. Given Sierra Bancorp's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe MidWestOne Financial Group is more favorable than Sierra Bancorp.
Sierra Bancorp has a net margin of 17.80% compared to Sierra Bancorp's net margin of 7.78%. MidWestOne Financial Group's return on equity of 10.89% beat Sierra Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, Sierra Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than MidWestOne Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Sierra Bancorp and 0 mentions for MidWestOne Financial Group. Sierra Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat MidWestOne Financial Group's score of -0.56 indicating that MidWestOne Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
65.4% of MidWestOne Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Sierra Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of MidWestOne Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Sierra Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sierra Bancorp received 6 more outperform votes than MidWestOne Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.12% of users gave MidWestOne Financial Group an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Sierra Bancorp an outperform vote.
Sierra Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MidWestOne Financial Group. Sierra Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MidWestOne Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Sierra Bancorp beats MidWestOne Financial Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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