Bridge Bancorp (BDGE) Competitors

Bridge Bancorp (NASDAQ:BDGE) and NBT Bancorp (NASDAQ:NBTB) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.

Do analysts rate BDGE or NBTB?

NBT Bancorp has a consensus price target of $52.75, indicating a potential upside of 23.74%. Given NBT Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NBT 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
NBT Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the media prefer BDGE or NBTB?

In the previous week, NBT Bancorp had 22 more articles in the media than Bridge Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for NBT Bancorp and 0 mentions for Bridge Bancorp. NBT Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Bridge Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that NBT Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bridge Bancorp	Neutral
NBT Bancorp	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in BDGE or NBTB?

58.8% of Bridge Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.5% of NBT Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.5% of Bridge Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of NBT Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BDGE or NBTB?

Bridge Bancorp received 50 more outperform votes than NBT Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.93% of users gave Bridge Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.36% of users gave NBT Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bridge Bancorp	Outperform Votes 283 55.93%	Underperform Votes 223 44.07%
NBT Bancorp	Outperform Votes 233 52.36%	Underperform Votes 212 47.64%

Which has more risk and volatility, BDGE or NBTB?

Bridge Bancorp has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NBT Bancorp has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BDGE or NBTB?

NBT Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Bridge Bancorp. Bridge Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NBT 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
Bridge Bancorp	$206.93M	2.45	$51.69M	$2.59	9.92
NBT Bancorp	$574.44M	3.51	$140.64M	$3.02	14.12

Is BDGE or NBTB more profitable?

Bridge Bancorp has a net margin of 23.05% compared to NBT Bancorp's net margin of 17.84%. Bridge Bancorp's return on equity of 9.83% beat NBT Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bridge Bancorp	23.05%	9.83%	0.88%
NBT Bancorp	17.84%	9.39%	1.02%

Is BDGE or NBTB a better dividend stock?

Bridge Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. NBT Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Bridge Bancorp pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NBT Bancorp pays out 45.0% 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. NBT Bancorp has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Bridge Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

NBT Bancorp beats Bridge Bancorp on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.