EBTC vs. BSRR, MOFG, WTBA, CZNC, BMRC, CCNE, CSTR, SPFI, THFF, and WASH
Should you be buying Enterprise Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enterprise Bancorp include Sierra Bancorp (BSRR), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), West Bancorporation (WTBA), Citizens & Northern (CZNC), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), CNB Financial (CCNE), CapStar Financial (CSTR), South Plains Financial (SPFI), First Financial (THFF), and Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH).
Enterprise Bancorp (NASDAQ:EBTC) and Sierra Bancorp (NASDAQ:BSRR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
Sierra Bancorp has a consensus price target of $22.33, indicating a potential upside of 4.75%. Given Sierra Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sierra Bancorp is more favorable than Enterprise Bancorp.
Sierra Bancorp has a net margin of 17.80% compared to Enterprise Bancorp's net margin of 15.80%. Enterprise Bancorp's return on equity of 11.47% beat Sierra Bancorp's return on equity.
Enterprise Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Sierra Bancorp. Enterprise Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sierra Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enterprise Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Sierra Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Enterprise Bancorp pays out 33.0% 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.
In the previous week, Enterprise Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Sierra Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Enterprise Bancorp and 0 mentions for Sierra Bancorp. Enterprise Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Sierra Bancorp's score of 1.38 indicating that Enterprise Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Enterprise Bancorp has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sierra Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
38.9% of Enterprise Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Sierra Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 21.7% of Enterprise Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Sierra Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Enterprise Bancorp received 22 more outperform votes than Sierra Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.89% of users gave Enterprise Bancorp an outperform vote while only 50.11% of users gave Sierra Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
Enterprise Bancorp beats Sierra Bancorp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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