EQBK vs. IBCP, MSBI, CPF, HBNC, CCB, TRST, CATC, HTBK, BFST, and MCBC
Should you be buying Equity Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equity Bancshares include Independent Bank (IBCP), Midland States Bancorp (MSBI), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), Coastal Financial (CCB), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Cambridge Bancorp (CATC), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Business First Bancshares (BFST), and Macatawa Bank (MCBC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Equity Bancshares (NASDAQ:EQBK) and Independent Bank (NASDAQ:IBCP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Independent Bank has a net margin of 20.45% compared to Equity Bancshares' net margin of 3.88%. Independent Bank's return on equity of 16.88% beat Equity Bancshares' return on equity.
Independent Bank has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Equity Bancshares. Independent Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Equity Bancshares has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Independent Bank has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Equity Bancshares presently has a consensus price target of $32.67, indicating a potential downside of 4.03%. Independent Bank has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.11%. Given Independent Bank's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Independent Bank is more favorable than Equity Bancshares.
71.8% of Equity Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Independent Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Equity Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Independent Bank 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.
Independent Bank received 88 more outperform votes than Equity Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.15% of users gave Independent Bank an outperform vote while only 48.58% of users gave Equity Bancshares an outperform vote.
Equity Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Independent Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Equity Bancshares pays out 80.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Independent Bank pays out 32.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Independent Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Independent Bank had 19 more articles in the media than Equity Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Independent Bank and 0 mentions for Equity Bancshares. Independent Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Equity Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Independent Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Independent Bank beats Equity Bancshares on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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