BDGE vs. TRMK, SYBT, FRME, NBTB, BANR, FBNC, EFSC, BUSE, OFG, and CHCO
Should you be buying Bridge Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridge Bancorp include Trustmark (TRMK), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), First Merchants (FRME), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), Banner (BANR), First Bancorp (FBNC), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), First Busey (BUSE), OFG Bancorp (OFG), and City (CHCO). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Bridge Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Trustmark (NASDAQ:TRMK) and Bridge Bancorp (NASDAQ:BDGE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.
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.
Trustmark has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% 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.
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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bridge Bancorp has a net margin of 23.05% compared to Trustmark's net margin of 19.21%. Trustmark's return on equity of 10.81% beat Bridge Bancorp's return on equity.
Trustmark currently has a consensus price target of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.81%. Given Trustmark's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Trustmark is more favorable than Bridge Bancorp.
In the previous week, Trustmark had 10 more articles in the media than Bridge Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Trustmark and 0 mentions for Bridge Bancorp. Trustmark's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Bridge Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Trustmark is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Trustmark pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Bridge Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Trustmark pays out 27.0% 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.
Summary
Trustmark beats Bridge Bancorp on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BDGE) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff