BMRC vs. BANR, CTBI, CVBF, HFWA, HOPE, NBTB, OCFC, TCBK, THFF, and TMP
Should you be buying Bank of Marin Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Marin Bancorp include Banner (BANR), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), CVB Financial (CVBF), Heritage Financial (HFWA), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), First Financial Corporation Indiana (THFF), and Tompkins Financial (TMP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Bank of Marin Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Banner (NASDAQ:BANR) and Bank of Marin Bancorp (NASDAQ:BMRC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and risk.
Banner has a net margin of 21.15% compared to Bank of Marin Bancorp's net margin of 4.43%. Banner's return on equity of 10.06% beat Bank of Marin Bancorp's return on equity.
Banner has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Marin Bancorp has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Banner currently has a consensus target price of $70.17, suggesting a potential upside of 9.21%. Bank of Marin Bancorp has a consensus target price of $26.25, suggesting a potential upside of 10.20%. Given Bank of Marin Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bank of Marin Bancorp is more favorable than Banner.
Banner pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Bank of Marin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Banner pays out 36.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Marin Bancorp pays out 232.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
87.3% of Banner shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of Bank of Marin Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Banner shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Bank of Marin Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Banner has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of Marin Bancorp. Banner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Marin Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Bank of Marin Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Banner. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Bank of Marin Bancorp and 4 mentions for Banner. Banner's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Bank of Marin Bancorp's score of 0.52 indicating that Banner is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Banner beats Bank of Marin Bancorp on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BMRC) was last updated on 10/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff