BRBS vs. LOB, LX, BY, LC, OPFI, BFC, QCRH, SUPV, DEFT, and CIFR
Should you be buying Blue Ridge Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blue Ridge Bankshares include Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), LexinFintech (LX), Byline Bancorp (BY), LendingClub (LC), OppFi (OPFI), Bank First (BFC), QCR (QCRH), Grupo Supervielle (SUPV), Defi Technologies (DEFT), and Cipher Mining (CIFR). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Blue Ridge Bankshares vs. Its Competitors
Blue Ridge Bankshares (NASDAQ:BRBS) and Live Oak Bancshares (NASDAQ:LOB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
In the previous week, Blue Ridge Bankshares and Blue Ridge Bankshares both had 2 articles in the media. Live Oak Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Blue Ridge Bankshares' score of 0.83 indicating that Live Oak Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Live Oak Bancshares received 263 more outperform votes than Blue Ridge Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.75% of users gave Live Oak Bancshares an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Blue Ridge Bankshares an outperform vote.
Live Oak Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Blue Ridge Bankshares. Blue Ridge Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Live Oak Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Blue Ridge Bankshares has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Live Oak Bancshares has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Blue Ridge Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.7%. Live Oak Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Blue Ridge Bankshares pays out -98.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Live Oak Bancshares pays out 9.2% 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. Blue Ridge Bankshares has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Blue Ridge Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Live Oak Bancshares has a net margin of 7.10% compared to Blue Ridge Bankshares' net margin of -8.84%. Live Oak Bancshares' return on equity of 6.88% beat Blue Ridge Bankshares' return on equity.
Live Oak Bancshares has a consensus price target of $42.25, indicating a potential upside of 51.96%. Given Live Oak Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Live Oak Bancshares is more favorable than Blue Ridge Bankshares.
50.5% of Blue Ridge Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of Live Oak Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Blue Ridge Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of Live Oak Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Live Oak Bancshares beats Blue Ridge Bankshares on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BRBS) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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