Bay Commercial Bank (BCML) Competitors

Bay Commercial Bank presently has a consensus target price of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.96%. Given Bay Commercial Bank's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bay Commercial Bank is more favorable than First Community Bancshares.

Bay Commercial Bank has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, First Community Bancshares has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the broader market.

66.2% of Bay Commercial Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of First Community Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Bay Commercial Bank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of First Community Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Bay Commercial Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. First Community Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Bay Commercial Bank pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Community Bancshares pays out 41.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bay Commercial Bank has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and First Community Bancshares has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

First Community Bancshares has a net margin of 28.84% compared to Bay Commercial Bank's net margin of 9.20%. First Community Bancshares' return on equity of 10.67% beat Bay Commercial Bank's return on equity.

First Community Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Bay Commercial Bank. First Community Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bay Commercial Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

In the previous week, First Community Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than Bay Commercial Bank. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for First Community Bancshares and 1 mentions for Bay Commercial Bank. First Community Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Bay Commercial Bank's score of 0.97 indicating that First Community Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

In the previous week, First Financial Bancorp. had 3 more articles in the media than Bay Commercial Bank. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for First Financial Bancorp. and 1 mentions for Bay Commercial Bank. First Financial Bancorp.'s average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Bay Commercial Bank's score of 0.97 indicating that First Financial Bancorp. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Bay Commercial Bank has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, First Financial Bancorp. has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the broader market.

Bay Commercial Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Bay Commercial Bank pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 36.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bay Commercial Bank has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and First Financial Bancorp. has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Bay Commercial Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

First Financial Bancorp. has higher revenue and earnings than Bay Commercial Bank. First Financial Bancorp. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bay Commercial Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

66.2% of Bay Commercial Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Bay Commercial Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Bay Commercial Bank currently has a consensus price target of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.96%. First Financial Bancorp. has a consensus price target of $33.67, suggesting a potential upside of 3.59%. Given Bay Commercial Bank's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bay Commercial Bank is more favorable than First Financial Bancorp..

First Financial Bancorp. has a net margin of 20.77% compared to Bay Commercial Bank's net margin of 9.20%. First Financial Bancorp.'s return on equity of 11.13% beat Bay Commercial Bank's return on equity.

First Mid Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Bay Commercial Bank. First Mid Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bay Commercial Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

47.6% of First Mid Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of Bay Commercial Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of First Mid Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Bay Commercial Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

First Mid Bancshares has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Bay Commercial Bank has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the broader market.

First Mid Bancshares has a net margin of 19.76% compared to Bay Commercial Bank's net margin of 9.20%. First Mid Bancshares' return on equity of 10.86% beat Bay Commercial Bank's return on equity.

In the previous week, First Mid Bancshares had 4 more articles in the media than Bay Commercial Bank. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for First Mid Bancshares and 1 mentions for Bay Commercial Bank. First Mid Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Bay Commercial Bank's score of 0.97 indicating that First Mid Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

First Mid Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Bay Commercial Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. First Mid Bancshares pays out 25.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bay Commercial Bank pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Mid Bancshares has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Bay Commercial Bank has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

First Mid Bancshares presently has a consensus price target of $54.63, indicating a potential upside of 7.07%. Bay Commercial Bank has a consensus price target of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.96%. Given Bay Commercial Bank's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bay Commercial Bank is more favorable than First Mid Bancshares.

Bay Commercial Bank has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, First Merchants has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the broader market.

66.2% of Bay Commercial Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of First Merchants shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Bay Commercial Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of First Merchants shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Bay Commercial Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. First Merchants pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Bay Commercial Bank pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Merchants pays out 47.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bay Commercial Bank has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and First Merchants has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

First Merchants has higher revenue and earnings than Bay Commercial Bank. First Merchants is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bay Commercial Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Bay Commercial Bank currently has a consensus target price of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.96%. First Merchants has a consensus target price of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.19%. Given First Merchants' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Merchants is more favorable than Bay Commercial Bank.

First Merchants has a net margin of 17.05% compared to Bay Commercial Bank's net margin of 9.20%. First Merchants' return on equity of 8.86% beat Bay Commercial Bank's return on equity.

In the previous week, First Merchants had 2 more articles in the media than Bay Commercial Bank. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for First Merchants and 1 mentions for Bay Commercial Bank. First Merchants' average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Bay Commercial Bank's score of 0.97 indicating that First Merchants is being referred to more favorably in the news media.