BCAL vs. IREN, HUT, CASH, NIC, WULF, CUBI, PWP, SII, BTDR, and MBIN
Should you be buying Southern California Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southern California Bancorp include Iris Energy (IREN), Hut 8 (HUT), Pathward Financial (CASH), Nicolet Bankshares (NIC), TeraWulf (WULF), Customers Bancorp (CUBI), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Sprott (SII), Bitdeer Technologies Group (BTDR), and Merchants Bancorp (MBIN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Southern California Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Southern California Bancorp (NASDAQ:BCAL) and Iris Energy (NASDAQ:IREN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk and profitability.
Iris Energy received 73 more outperform votes than Southern California Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.35% of users gave Iris Energy an outperform vote while only 75.00% of users gave Southern California Bancorp an outperform vote.
Southern California Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $19.50, indicating a potential upside of 35.42%. Iris Energy has a consensus target price of $20.30, indicating a potential upside of 106.51%. Given Iris Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Iris Energy is more favorable than Southern California Bancorp.
55.4% of Southern California Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of Iris Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.8% of Southern California Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.5% of Iris Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Southern California Bancorp has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Iris Energy has a beta of 3.75, meaning that its stock price is 275% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Iris Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Southern California Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Iris Energy and 2 mentions for Southern California Bancorp. Southern California Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Iris Energy's score of 1.03 indicating that Southern California Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Southern California Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Iris Energy.
Southern California Bancorp has a net margin of 2.94% compared to Iris Energy's net margin of -17.94%. Southern California Bancorp's return on equity of 8.97% beat Iris Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Iris Energy beats Southern California Bancorp on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:BCAL) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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