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NASDAQ:EFSC

Enterprise Financial Services - EFSC Competitors

$45.76
+1.15 (+2.58%)
(As of 03/24/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$43.50
$45.88
50-Day Range
$44.61
$55.83
52-Week Range
$39.63
$56.35
Volume
236,288 shs
Average Volume
214,055 shs
Market Capitalization
$1.71 billion
P/E Ratio
8.60
Dividend Yield
2.19%
Price Target
$56.67

EFSC vs. BANR, HTLF, RNST, LKFN, COLB, TOWN, BOH, SYBT, SBCF, and FBNC

Should you be buying Enterprise Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enterprise Financial Services include Banner (BANR), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), Renasant (RNST), Lakeland Financial (LKFN), Columbia Banking System (COLB), TowneBank (TOWN), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), and First Bancorp (FBNC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Enterprise Financial Services vs.

Banner (NASDAQ:BANR) and Enterprise Financial Services (NASDAQ:EFSC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking and risk.

In the previous week, Enterprise Financial Services had 1 more articles in the media than Banner. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Enterprise Financial Services and 2 mentions for Banner. Enterprise Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Banner's score of 0.04 indicating that Enterprise Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Banner
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Enterprise Financial Services
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Banner pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Enterprise Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Banner pays out 33.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enterprise Financial Services pays out 18.8% 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. Banner has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Enterprise Financial Services has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Banner received 46 more outperform votes than Enterprise Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.85% of users gave Banner an outperform vote while only 57.62% of users gave Enterprise Financial Services an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BannerOutperform Votes
322
59.85%
Underperform Votes
216
40.15%
Enterprise Financial ServicesOutperform Votes
276
57.62%
Underperform Votes
203
42.38%

Enterprise Financial Services has a net margin of 35.36% compared to Banner's net margin of 30.16%. Enterprise Financial Services' return on equity of 14.48% beat Banner's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Banner 30.16% 13.25% 1.20%
Enterprise Financial Services 35.36% 14.48% 1.53%

85.3% of Banner shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of Enterprise Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Banner shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Enterprise Financial Services shares are owned by 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.

Enterprise Financial Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Banner. Enterprise Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banner, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Banner$647.82 million2.87$195.38 million$5.679.60
Enterprise Financial Services$574.24 million2.97$203.04 million$5.328.60

Banner has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Financial Services has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Banner currently has a consensus target price of $67.60, indicating a potential upside of 24.13%. Enterprise Financial Services has a consensus target price of $56.67, indicating a potential upside of 23.83%. Given Banner's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Banner is more favorable than Enterprise Financial Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Banner
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Enterprise Financial Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Enterprise Financial Services beats Banner on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EFSC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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.
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EFSC vs. The Competition

MetricEnterprise Financial ServicesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.71B$2.21B$5.93B$5.90B
Dividend Yield2.09%4.04%8.21%4.41%
P/E Ratio8.607.84136.8615.51
Price / Sales2.972.375,984.0960.90
Price / Cash8.017.6731.38103.34
Price / Book1.171.053.424.95
Net Income$203.04M$378.23M$647.86M$190.72M
7 Day Performance-2.14%-0.81%-0.04%0.57%
1 Month Performance-16.30%-15.27%-5.70%-5.99%
1 Year Performance-4.81%-18.53%33.04%-18.82%

Enterprise Financial Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BANR
Banner
2.5243 of 5 stars
$53.50
-4.9%
$67.60
+26.4%
N/A$1.83B$647.82M9.441,977
HTLF
Heartland Financial USA
2.8683 of 5 stars
$38.46
-4.6%
$53.67
+39.5%
-20.6%$1.71B$727.55M7.792,002
RNST
Renasant
2.0574 of 5 stars
$30.51
-3.8%
$37.70
+23.6%
-8.5%$1.71B$630.55M10.312,334Analyst Upgrade
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LKFN
Lakeland Financial
2.2126 of 5 stars
$63.89
-3.1%
$79.00
+23.7%
-16.0%$1.71B$244.75M15.81585Positive News
COLB
Columbia Banking System
2.9199 of 5 stars
$21.42
-5.5%
$32.43
+51.4%
-38.2%$1.69B$745.63M6.692,093Analyst Report
News Coverage
TOWN
TowneBank
1.9802 of 5 stars
$26.70
-4.1%
N/A-9.8%$1.94B$743.51M10.272,617
BOH
Bank of Hawaii
2.2255 of 5 stars
$50.81
-5.1%
$68.33
+34.5%
-39.8%$2.02B$754.91M9.272,076
SYBT
Stock Yards Bancorp
2.4151 of 5 stars
$52.79
-2.8%
$74.50
+41.1%
-1.0%$1.55B$311.90M16.601,040News Coverage
SBCF
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida
3.1619 of 5 stars
$24.29
-7.6%
$34.75
+43.1%
-30.9%$2.05B$432.25M14.541,490Analyst Report
FBNC
First Bancorp
2.6047 of 5 stars
$35.33
-5.1%
$44.00
+24.5%
-13.8%$1.44B$408.94M8.581,294
This page (NASDAQ:EFSC) was last updated on 3/25/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff