EBTC vs. WTBA, CZNC, MOFG, BSRR, BMRC, CCNE, WASH, SPFI, THFF, and CSTR
Should you be buying Enterprise Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enterprise Bancorp include West Bancorporation (WTBA), Citizens & Northern (CZNC), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), Sierra Bancorp (BSRR), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), CNB Financial (CCNE), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), South Plains Financial (SPFI), First Financial (THFF), and CapStar Financial (CSTR).
West Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WTBA) and Enterprise Bancorp (NASDAQ:EBTC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
West Bancorporation has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Bancorp has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
West Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Enterprise Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. West Bancorporation pays out 69.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enterprise Bancorp pays out 31.0% 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. Enterprise Bancorp has raised its dividend for 18 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Enterprise Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than West Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Enterprise Bancorp and 4 mentions for West Bancorporation. West Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Enterprise Bancorp's score of -0.11 indicating that Enterprise Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Enterprise Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than West Bancorporation. Enterprise Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than West Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enterprise Bancorp has a net margin of 17.41% compared to Enterprise Bancorp's net margin of 14.17%. West Bancorporation's return on equity of 12.20% beat Enterprise Bancorp's return on equity.
West Bancorporation presently has a consensus target price of $21.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.82%. Given Enterprise Bancorp's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe West Bancorporation is more favorable than Enterprise Bancorp.
44.3% of West Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.9% of Enterprise Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of West Bancorporation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of Enterprise Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Enterprise Bancorp received 133 more outperform votes than West Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.89% of users gave Enterprise Bancorp an outperform vote while only 46.55% of users gave West Bancorporation an outperform vote.
Summary
Enterprise Bancorp beats West Bancorporation on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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