Bridge Bancorp (BDGE) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TRMK or BDGE?

67.6% of Trustmark shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.8% of Bridge Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Trustmark shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of Bridge Bancorp shares are held 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.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, TRMK or BDGE?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Trustmark	$949.48M	2.46	$223.01M	$3.84	10.05
Bridge Bancorp	$206.93M	2.74	$51.69M	$2.59	11.06

Do analysts prefer TRMK or BDGE?

Trustmark currently has a consensus price target of $39.80, indicating a potential upside of 3.14%. Given Trustmark's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Trustmark is more favorable than Bridge Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trustmark	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Bridge Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer TRMK or BDGE?

In the previous week, Trustmark had 8 more articles in the media than Bridge Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Trustmark and 0 mentions for Bridge Bancorp. Trustmark's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Bridge Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Trustmark is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Trustmark	Neutral
Bridge Bancorp	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, TRMK or BDGE?

Trustmark has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridge Bancorp has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TRMK or BDGE a better dividend stock?

Trustmark pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Bridge Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Trustmark pays out 25.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bridge Bancorp pays out 37.1% 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. Trustmark has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Is TRMK or BDGE more profitable?

Bridge Bancorp has a net margin of 23.05% compared to Trustmark's net margin of 20.73%. Trustmark's return on equity of 10.29% beat Bridge Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trustmark	20.73%	10.29%	1.10%
Bridge Bancorp	23.05%	9.83%	0.88%

Summary

Trustmark beats Bridge Bancorp on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.