BSRR vs. CTBI, FCBC, FMBH, GSBC, THFF, TOWN, UVSP, FCF, PFS, and TMP
Should you be buying Sierra Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sierra Bancorp include Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Community Bancshares (FCBC), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), First Financial Corporation Indiana (THFF), Towne Bank (TOWN), Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Provident Financial Services (PFS), and Tompkins Financial (TMP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Sierra Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Sierra Bancorp (NASDAQ:BSRR) and Community Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:CTBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Community Trust Bancorp has a net margin of 23.33% compared to Sierra Bancorp's net margin of 20.09%. Community Trust Bancorp's return on equity of 11.77% beat Sierra Bancorp's return on equity.
Sierra Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $33.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.61%. Community Trust Bancorp has a consensus target price of $64.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.15%. Given Sierra Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sierra Bancorp is more favorable than Community Trust Bancorp.
In the previous week, Community Trust Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Sierra Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Community Trust Bancorp and 1 mentions for Sierra Bancorp. Community Trust Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Sierra Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Community Trust Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Community Trust Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Sierra Bancorp. Sierra Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Community Trust Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sierra Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Community Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Sierra Bancorp pays out 34.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Community Trust Bancorp pays out 41.7% 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. Sierra Bancorp has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Community Trust Bancorp has increased its dividend for 44 consecutive years. Community Trust Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Sierra Bancorp has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
55.4% of Sierra Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Sierra Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Community Trust Bancorp beats Sierra Bancorp on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BSRR) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
