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Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC) Competitors

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$20.52 -0.48 (-2.29%)
As of 04/30/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

BMRC vs. RBCAA, GABC, WABC, TCBK, SASR, HOPE, BUSE, PFBC, PEBO, and CTBI

Should you be buying Bank of Marin Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Marin Bancorp include Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), German American Bancorp (GABC), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), First Busey (BUSE), Preferred Bank (PFBC), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), and Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Bank of Marin Bancorp vs.

Republic Bancorp (NASDAQ:RBCAA) and Bank of Marin Bancorp (NASDAQ:BMRC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Republic Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Bank of Marin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Republic Bancorp pays out 29.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Marin Bancorp pays out -192.3% 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. Republic Bancorp has increased its dividend for 27 consecutive years. Bank of Marin Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Republic Bancorp$394.17M3.36$101.37M$6.0711.18
Bank of Marin Bancorp$69.77M4.77-$8.41M-$0.52-39.46

24.4% of Republic Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of Bank of Marin Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 56.4% of Republic Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Bank of Marin Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Bank of Marin Bancorp had 9 more articles in the media than Republic Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Bank of Marin Bancorp and 9 mentions for Republic Bancorp. Republic Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Bank of Marin Bancorp's score of 0.27 indicating that Republic Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Republic Bancorp
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Bank of Marin Bancorp
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Bank of Marin Bancorp received 115 more outperform votes than Republic Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.14% of users gave Bank of Marin Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.19% of users gave Republic Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Republic BancorpOutperform Votes
167
57.19%
Underperform Votes
125
42.81%
Bank of Marin BancorpOutperform Votes
282
58.14%
Underperform Votes
203
41.86%

Republic Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $69.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.69%. Bank of Marin Bancorp has a consensus price target of $26.67, suggesting a potential upside of 29.95%. Given Bank of Marin Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bank of Marin Bancorp is more favorable than Republic Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Republic Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Bank of Marin Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Republic Bancorp has a net margin of 20.05% compared to Bank of Marin Bancorp's net margin of -5.52%. Republic Bancorp's return on equity of 10.60% beat Bank of Marin Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Republic Bancorp20.05% 10.60% 1.51%
Bank of Marin Bancorp -5.52%3.33%0.39%

Republic Bancorp has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Marin Bancorp has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bank of Marin Bancorp beats Republic Bancorp on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BMRC vs. The Competition

MetricBank of Marin BancorpState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$332.49M$3.06B$11.13B$7.82B
Dividend Yield4.80%3.87%5.61%4.22%
P/E Ratio-39.4623.1222.0018.48
Price / Sales4.773.0026.02103.91
Price / Cash11.6210.6317.6234.62
Price / Book0.751.152.664.25
Net Income-$8.41M$372.21M$1.03B$248.23M
7 Day Performance-2.66%0.58%1.27%3.29%
1 Month Performance-6.60%-1.29%-0.74%2.43%
1 Year Performance42.90%18.34%536.03%5.54%

Bank of Marin Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BMRC
Bank of Marin Bancorp
3.9209 of 5 stars
$20.52
-2.3%
$26.67
+30.0%
+42.9%$332.49M$69.77M-39.46310Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
RBCAA
Republic Bancorp
1.6752 of 5 stars
$68.02
+1.5%
$69.00
+1.4%
+33.8%$1.33B$378.96M13.011,010Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
GABC
German American Bancorp
4.6136 of 5 stars
$36.77
+0.7%
$46.40
+26.2%
+19.5%$1.31B$214.93M13.04870Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
WABC
Westamerica Bancorporation
2.6907 of 5 stars
$48.62
+0.8%
$52.50
+8.0%
+4.0%$1.30B$284.32M9.35590Dividend Increase
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
TCBK
TriCo Bancshares
3.0236 of 5 stars
$38.61
+0.3%
$47.80
+23.8%
+11.0%$1.27B$388.65M11.161,070Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
SASR
Sandy Spring Bancorp
2.7293 of 5 stars
$27.87
+1.0%
$31.50
+13.0%
+36.3%$1.26B$404.22M61.931,170High Trading Volume
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.9498 of 5 stars
$9.97
-0.9%
$12.88
+29.1%
-0.5%$1.21B$467.09M12.161,550Short Interest ↑
Positive News
BUSE
First Busey
4.843 of 5 stars
$20.94
+1.3%
$27.80
+32.8%
-6.9%$1.19B$475.63M10.631,500Analyst Revision
News Coverage
PFBC
Preferred Bank
2.1887 of 5 stars
$79.64
-0.6%
$100.33
+26.0%
+5.5%$1.15B$283.96M8.27280Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PEBO
Peoples Bancorp
3.2027 of 5 stars
$29.10
+1.6%
$36.00
+23.7%
-0.1%$1.04B$444.62M8.791,270Analyst Revision
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
4.0593 of 5 stars
$49.10
+0.6%
$57.00
+16.1%
+16.5%$888.81M$256.00M10.65980Dividend Announcement
Positive News

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