OSBC vs. EGBN, GSBC, CFB, MCBS, FCBC, HBT, AMAL, MBWM, UVSP, and PFC
Should you be buying Old Second Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Old Second Bancorp include Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), HBT Financial (HBT), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Univest Financial (UVSP), and Premier Financial (PFC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Eagle Bancorp (NASDAQ:EGBN) and Old Second Bancorp (NASDAQ:OSBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Eagle Bancorp has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Old Second Bancorp has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Eagle Bancorp received 15 more outperform votes than Old Second Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.96% of users gave Eagle Bancorp an outperform vote while only 58.87% of users gave Old Second Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Old Second Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Eagle Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Old Second Bancorp and 9 mentions for Eagle Bancorp. Eagle Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Old Second Bancorp's score of 0.15 indicating that Old Second Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Eagle Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Old Second Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Eagle Bancorp pays out 71.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Old Second Bancorp pays out 10.2% 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.
Eagle Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.50%. Old Second Bancorp has a consensus price target of $17.67, indicating a potential upside of 25.92%. Given Eagle Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Old Second Bancorp is more favorable than Eagle Bancorp.
78.0% of Eagle Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.8% of Old Second Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Eagle Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Old Second Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Old Second Bancorp has a net margin of 26.90% compared to Old Second Bancorp's net margin of 11.14%. Eagle Bancorp's return on equity of 16.78% beat Old Second Bancorp's return on equity.
Eagle Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Old Second Bancorp. Old Second Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eagle Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Old Second Bancorp beats Eagle Bancorp on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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