BMRC vs. TCBK, WABC, HOPE, BUSE, SASR, PFBC, PEBO, CTBI, SBSI, and UVSP
Should you be buying Bank of Marin Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Marin Bancorp include TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), First Busey (BUSE), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), Preferred Bank (PFBC), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), and Univest Financial (UVSP). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Bank of Marin Bancorp vs.
Bank of Marin Bancorp (NASDAQ:BMRC) and TriCo Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Bank of Marin Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $26.67, indicating a potential upside of 24.06%. TriCo Bancshares has a consensus price target of $47.80, indicating a potential upside of 16.08%. Given Bank of Marin Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Bank of Marin Bancorp is more favorable than TriCo Bancshares.
Bank of Marin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. TriCo Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Bank of Marin Bancorp pays out -250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TriCo Bancshares pays out 38.5% 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. TriCo Bancshares has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Bank of Marin Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, TriCo Bancshares had 4 more articles in the media than Bank of Marin Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for TriCo Bancshares and 0 mentions for Bank of Marin Bancorp. TriCo Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Bank of Marin Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that TriCo Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TriCo Bancshares has a net margin of 21.63% compared to Bank of Marin Bancorp's net margin of -5.52%. TriCo Bancshares' return on equity of 9.63% beat Bank of Marin Bancorp's return on equity.
52.3% of Bank of Marin Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.1% of TriCo Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Bank of Marin Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of TriCo Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bank of Marin Bancorp received 25 more outperform votes than TriCo Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.14% of users gave Bank of Marin Bancorp an outperform vote while only 54.11% of users gave TriCo Bancshares an outperform vote.
Bank of Marin Bancorp has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriCo Bancshares has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TriCo Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of Marin Bancorp. Bank of Marin Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TriCo Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
TriCo Bancshares beats Bank of Marin Bancorp on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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