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Bridge Bancorp (BDGE) Competitors

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BDGE vs. FFBC, TRMK, BANR, FRME, EFSC, NBTB, FBNC, BUSE, SYBT, and OFG

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

Bridge Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

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

First Financial Bancorp. has a consensus target price of $29.83, suggesting a potential upside of 22.52%. Given First Financial Bancorp.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Financial Bancorp. 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
First Financial Bancorp.
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Bridge Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Bridge Bancorp pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 40.0% 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. First Financial Bancorp. has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. First Financial Bancorp. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Bridge Bancorp has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Bancorp. has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, First Financial Bancorp. had 5 more articles in the media than Bridge Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for First Financial Bancorp. and 0 mentions for Bridge Bancorp. First Financial Bancorp.'s average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Bridge Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that First Financial Bancorp. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Bridge Bancorp Neutral
First Financial Bancorp. Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bridge Bancorp$206.93M2.76$51.69M$2.5911.16
First Financial Bancorp.$852.23M2.74$228.83M$2.509.74

Bridge Bancorp has a net margin of 23.05% compared to First Financial Bancorp.'s net margin of 19.41%. First Financial Bancorp.'s return on equity of 10.57% beat Bridge Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bridge Bancorp23.05% 9.83% 0.88%
First Financial Bancorp. 19.41%10.57%1.42%

58.8% of Bridge Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of Bridge Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

First Financial Bancorp. beats Bridge Bancorp on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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$571.06M$532.13M$12.73B$10.67B
Dividend Yield3.93%2.65%5.59%4.88%
P/E Ratio12.1411.1921.1627.23
Price / Sales2.762.6730.57186.70
Price / Cash9.1511.3722.4061.65
Price / Book1.151.312.256.59
Net Income$51.69M$23.34M$1.02B$276.14M

Bridge Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BDGE
Bridge Bancorp
N/A$28.90
+0.2%
N/A-1.2%$571.06M$206.93M12.14496
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.8171 of 5 stars
$25.65
+2.9%
$29.83
+16.3%
-3.1%$2.39B$1.62B10.262,090Upcoming Earnings
TRMK
Trustmark
3.3102 of 5 stars
$39.61
+3.3%
$41.00
+3.5%
+13.0%$2.31B$673.01M11.132,500Upcoming Earnings
BANR
Banner
4.052 of 5 stars
$63.99
+3.8%
$70.17
+9.7%
-2.5%$2.13B$832.99M12.191,956Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
FRME
First Merchants
4.9582 of 5 stars
$37.68
+2.6%
$48.00
+27.4%
-1.2%$2.12B$637.74M9.762,120Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
EFSC
Enterprise Financial Services
4.6484 of 5 stars
$57.96
+3.1%
$64.33
+11.0%
+7.2%$2.08B$552.16M11.001,256News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
NBTB
NBT Bancorp
4.6991 of 5 stars
$42.18
+6.4%
$52.00
+23.3%
-7.3%$2.08B$788.49M15.232,083Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
FBNC
First Bancorp
3.81 of 5 stars
$51.19
+2.6%
$56.67
+10.7%
+16.2%$2.07B$537.14M21.881,396
BUSE
First Busey
4.8525 of 5 stars
$23.75
+4.2%
$27.33
+15.1%
-6.2%$2.03B$663.36M21.211,548Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
SYBT
Stock Yards Bancorp
4.3771 of 5 stars
$70.68
+3.8%
$79.75
+12.8%
+5.9%$2.01B$367.24M16.251,080Analyst Downgrade
OFG
OFG Bancorp
3.5879 of 5 stars
$43.34
+2.7%
$48.33
+11.5%
+6.4%$1.88B$873.53M10.222,246News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:BDGE) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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