MOFG vs. BSRR, EBTC, WTBA, CZNC, BMRC, CCNE, THFF, WASH, FMNB, and CCBG
Should you be buying MidWestOne Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MidWestOne Financial Group include Sierra Bancorp (BSRR), Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC), West Bancorporation (WTBA), Citizens & Northern (CZNC), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), CNB Financial (CCNE), First Financial (THFF), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), Farmers National Banc (FMNB), and Capital City Bank Group (CCBG). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Sierra Bancorp (NASDAQ:BSRR) and MidWestOne Financial Group (NASDAQ:MOFG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and community ranking.
In the previous week, Sierra Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than MidWestOne Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Sierra Bancorp and 7 mentions for MidWestOne Financial Group. Sierra Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat MidWestOne Financial Group's score of 0.15 indicating that MidWestOne Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sierra Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $22.33, indicating a potential upside of 0.01%. MidWestOne Financial Group has a consensus price target of $24.13, indicating a potential upside of 13.00%. Given Sierra Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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.
Sierra Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. MidWestOne Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Sierra Bancorp pays out 38.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MidWestOne Financial Group pays out 67.4% 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 increased 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.
Sierra Bancorp has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MidWestOne Financial Group has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sierra Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
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.
55.4% of Sierra Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.4% of MidWestOne Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 11.6% of Sierra Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of MidWestOne Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Sierra Bancorp beats MidWestOne Financial Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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