Bank of Commerce (NASDAQ:BOCH) Vs. HMST, BY, OBNK, MCB, TSC, WASH, LBAI, BMTC, PEBO, and HBNC
Should you be buying Bank of Commerce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Commerce include HomeStreet (HMST), Byline Bancorp (BY), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), TriState Capital (TSC), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Bryn Mawr Bank (BMTC), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), and Horizon Bancorp (HBNC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Bank of Commerce vs.
Byline Bancorp (NYSE:BY) and Bank of Commerce (NASDAQ:BOCH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, Byline Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Bank of Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Byline Bancorp and 0 mentions for Bank of Commerce. Byline Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Bank of Commerce's score of 0.00 indicating that Byline Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bank of Commerce has a net margin of 28.31% compared to Byline Bancorp's net margin of 27.72%. Byline Bancorp's return on equity of 11.71% beat Bank of Commerce's return on equity.
Byline Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of Commerce. Byline Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Commerce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Byline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Bank of Commerce pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Byline Bancorp pays out 15.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Commerce pays out 27.0% 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. Byline Bancorp has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Bank of Commerce has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Byline Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.42%. Bank of Commerce has a consensus target price of $11.50, suggesting a potential downside of 24.19%. Given Byline Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Byline Bancorp is more favorable than Bank of Commerce.
Byline Bancorp has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Commerce has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
41.9% of Byline Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.4% of Bank of Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.0% of Byline Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Bank of Commerce 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.
Bank of Commerce received 142 more outperform votes than Byline Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.45% of users gave Bank of Commerce an outperform vote while only 61.17% of users gave Byline Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
Byline Bancorp beats Bank of Commerce on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BOCH and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment >-1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Bank of Commerce (NASDAQ:BOCH) vs. Its Competitors
Bank of Commerce Competitors List
