GABC vs. RBCAA, PEBO, SBSI, PFBC, LBAI, TCBK, CTBI, STBA, SRCE, and BUSE
Should you be buying German American Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of German American Bancorp include Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Preferred Bank (PFBC), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), S&T Bancorp (STBA), 1st Source (SRCE), and First Busey (BUSE). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Republic Bancorp (NASDAQ:RBCAA) and German American Bancorp (NASDAQ:GABC) 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, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
German American Bancorp has a consensus target price of $37.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.46%. Given Republic Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe German American Bancorp is more favorable than Republic Bancorp.
Republic Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. German American Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Republic Bancorp pays out 34.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. German American Bancorp pays out 37.0% 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. Republic Bancorp has raised its dividend for 23 consecutive years and German American Bancorp has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Republic Bancorp had 6 more articles in the media than German American Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Republic Bancorp and 1 mentions for German American Bancorp. Republic Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat German American Bancorp's score of 0.32 indicating that German American Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
German American Bancorp has a net margin of 27.10% compared to German American Bancorp's net margin of 20.27%. Republic Bancorp's return on equity of 14.26% beat German American Bancorp's return on equity.
24.4% of Republic Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.9% of German American Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 56.6% of Republic Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of German American Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
German American Bancorp received 85 more outperform votes than Republic Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.64% of users gave Republic Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.75% of users gave German American Bancorp an outperform vote.
Republic Bancorp has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, German American Bancorp has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Republic Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than German American Bancorp. Republic Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than German American Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
German American Bancorp beats Republic Bancorp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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