TCBK vs. VBTX, STBA, PFBC, SRCE, PEBO, BUSE, GABC, SYBT, RBCAA, and FBNC
Should you be buying TriCo Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TriCo Bancshares include Veritex (VBTX), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Preferred Bank (PFBC), 1st Source (SRCE), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), First Busey (BUSE), German American Bancorp (GABC), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), and First Bancorp (FBNC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Veritex (NASDAQ:VBTX) and TriCo Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Veritex pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. TriCo Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Veritex pays out 46.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TriCo Bancshares pays out 40.2% 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. TriCo Bancshares has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
88.3% of Veritex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.1% of TriCo Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Veritex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of TriCo Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Veritex has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriCo Bancshares has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TriCo Bancshares has a net margin of 21.25% compared to TriCo Bancshares' net margin of 12.47%. Veritex's return on equity of 9.87% beat TriCo Bancshares' return on equity.
TriCo Bancshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Veritex. TriCo Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veritex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Veritex currently has a consensus target price of $24.38, suggesting a potential upside of 20.85%. TriCo Bancshares has a consensus target price of $42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.08%. Given Veritex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TriCo Bancshares is more favorable than Veritex.
TriCo Bancshares received 22 more outperform votes than Veritex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.11% of users gave TriCo Bancshares an outperform vote while only 51.12% of users gave Veritex an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Veritex had 17 more articles in the media than TriCo Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Veritex and 11 mentions for TriCo Bancshares. TriCo Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Veritex's score of -0.03 indicating that Veritex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
TriCo Bancshares beats Veritex on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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