TBBK vs. WSBC, NBTB, TRMK, FRME, CHCO, FFBC, FCF, HOPE, NBHC, and WABC
Should you be buying Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bancorp include WesBanco (WSBC), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), Trustmark (TRMK), First Merchants (FRME), City (CHCO), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), National Bank (NBHC), and Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
WesBanco (NASDAQ:WSBC) and Bancorp (NASDAQ:TBBK) 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, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Bancorp has a net margin of 30.94% compared to Bancorp's net margin of 17.52%. WesBanco's return on equity of 26.16% beat Bancorp's return on equity.
61.4% of WesBanco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of WesBanco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Bancorp 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.
In the previous week, Bancorp had 23 more articles in the media than WesBanco. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Bancorp and 25 mentions for WesBanco. Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat WesBanco's score of -0.32 indicating that WesBanco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than WesBanco. Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WesBanco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bancorp received 79 more outperform votes than WesBanco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.47% of users gave Bancorp an outperform vote while only 51.46% of users gave WesBanco an outperform vote.
WesBanco presently has a consensus target price of $30.60, indicating a potential upside of 11.19%. Bancorp has a consensus target price of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 59.09%. Given WesBanco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bancorp is more favorable than WesBanco.
WesBanco has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bancorp has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bancorp beats WesBanco on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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