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Bridge Bancorp (BDGE) Competitors

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BDGE vs. BANR, FBNC, NBTB, FRME, EFSC, BUSE, SYBT, OFG, CHCO, and FCF

Should you be buying Bridge Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridge Bancorp include Banner (BANR), First Bancorp (FBNC), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), First Merchants (FRME), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), First Busey (BUSE), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), OFG Bancorp (OFG), City (CHCO), and First Commonwealth Financial (FCF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Bridge Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

Bridge Bancorp (NASDAQ:BDGE) and Banner (NASDAQ:BANR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Banner had 15 more articles in the media than Bridge Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Banner and 0 mentions for Bridge Bancorp. Banner's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Bridge Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Banner is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Bridge Bancorp Neutral
Banner Positive

Bridge Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Banner pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Bridge Bancorp pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banner pays out 36.6% 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bridge Bancorp$206.93M2.86$51.69M$2.5911.57
Banner$832.99M2.59$168.90M$5.2511.87

58.8% of Bridge Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Banner shares are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of Bridge Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Banner 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.

Bridge Bancorp has a net margin of 23.05% compared to Banner's net margin of 21.15%. Banner's return on equity of 10.06% beat Bridge Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bridge Bancorp23.05% 9.83% 0.88%
Banner 21.15%10.06%1.13%

Bridge Bancorp has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banner has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Banner has a consensus price target of $70.17, indicating a potential upside of 12.56%. Given Banner's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Banner is more favorable than Bridge Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bridge Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Banner
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

Banner beats Bridge Bancorp on 12 of the 18 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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BDGE vs. The Competition

MetricBridge BancorpNational Commercial Banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$592.21M$527.95M$12.47B$10.35B
Dividend Yield3.93%2.61%5.55%4.69%
P/E Ratio12.5911.1129.8626.75
Price / Sales2.862.6530.45179.25
Price / Cash9.1511.4122.5862.20
Price / Book1.201.302.266.61
Net Income$51.69M$23.34M$1.02B$275.78M

Bridge Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BDGE
Bridge Bancorp
N/A$29.97
-1.3%
N/A+10.0%$592.21M$206.93M12.59496
BANR
Banner
3.5801 of 5 stars
$65.50
-0.5%
$70.17
+7.1%
+4.5%$2.28B$832.99M12.481,956Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
FBNC
First Bancorp
3.5536 of 5 stars
$52.89
-0.5%
$56.67
+7.1%
+21.7%$2.20B$537.14M22.601,396Analyst Forecast
NBTB
NBT Bancorp
4.6155 of 5 stars
$41.76
-0.2%
$52.00
+24.5%
-6.7%$2.19B$619.42M15.082,083Analyst Forecast
FRME
First Merchants
4.969 of 5 stars
$37.70
+0.7%
$48.00
+27.3%
+3.1%$2.16B$1.07B9.772,120Analyst Downgrade
EFSC
Enterprise Financial Services
4.5745 of 5 stars
$57.98
-0.8%
$64.33
+11.0%
+14.9%$2.16B$920.75M11.001,256News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
BUSE
First Busey
4.8718 of 5 stars
$23.15
-1.5%
$27.33
+18.1%
-5.5%$2.09B$663.36M20.671,548Analyst Forecast
SYBT
Stock Yards Bancorp
4.2288 of 5 stars
$69.99
+1.5%
$79.75
+13.9%
+12.6%$2.03B$508.11M16.091,080News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
OFG
OFG Bancorp
3.7924 of 5 stars
$43.52
-0.9%
$47.50
+9.1%
+0.9%$1.96B$873.53M10.262,246News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CHCO
City
3.4749 of 5 stars
$123.87
-0.2%
$133.25
+7.6%
+5.2%$1.80B$291.78M14.91910News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
FCF
First Commonwealth Financial
4.1644 of 5 stars
$17.05
-0.5%
$18.90
+10.9%
+1.0%$1.79B$699.69M13.121,545Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:BDGE) was last updated on 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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