WTBA vs. BSRR, CZNC, EBTC, BMRC, BWB, MOFG, RBB, CCNE, PWOD, and SPFI
Should you be buying West Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of West Bancorporation include Sierra Bancorp (BSRR), Citizens & Northern (CZNC), Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), Bridgewater Bancshares (BWB), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), RBB Bancorp (RBB), CNB Financial (CCNE), Penns Woods Bancorp (PWOD), and South Plains Financial (SPFI). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
West Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WTBA) and Sierra Bancorp (NASDAQ:BSRR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
Sierra Bancorp has a net margin of 17.80% compared to West Bancorporation's net margin of 12.48%. Sierra Bancorp's return on equity of 11.11% beat West Bancorporation's return on equity.
West Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Sierra Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. West Bancorporation pays out 75.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sierra Bancorp pays out 38.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Sierra Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than West Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Sierra Bancorp and 1 mentions for West Bancorporation. West Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Sierra Bancorp's score of 1.38 indicating that West Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sierra Bancorp received 111 more outperform votes than West Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.11% of users gave Sierra Bancorp an outperform vote while only 46.55% of users gave West Bancorporation an outperform vote.
West Bancorporation currently has a consensus price target of $21.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.42%. Sierra Bancorp has a consensus price target of $22.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.11%. Given West Bancorporation's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe West Bancorporation is more favorable than Sierra Bancorp.
West Bancorporation has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sierra Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sierra Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than West Bancorporation. Sierra Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than West Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
44.3% of West Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Sierra Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of West Bancorporation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Sierra Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Sierra Bancorp beats West Bancorporation on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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