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EQBK vs. INTR, ENVA, PRK, AUB, RIOT, BFH, CLSK, LU, CORZ, and FINV

Should you be buying Equity Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equity Bancshares include Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), Enova International (ENVA), Park National (PRK), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Bread Financial (BFH), CleanSpark (CLSK), Lufax (LU), Core Scientific (CORZ), and FinVolution Group (FINV). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Equity Bancshares vs.

Inter & Co, Inc. (NASDAQ:INTR) and Equity Bancshares (NASDAQ:EQBK) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.

Inter & Co, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Equity Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Inter & Co, Inc. pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Equity Bancshares pays out 15.3% 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. Equity Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Inter & Co, Inc. has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Bancshares has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Inter & Co, Inc. and Inter & Co, Inc. both had 4 articles in the media. Equity Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Inter & Co, Inc.'s score of 0.62 indicating that Equity Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Inter & Co, Inc.
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Equity Bancshares
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Inter & Co, Inc. currently has a consensus target price of $6.78, suggesting a potential upside of 4.87%. Equity Bancshares has a consensus target price of $46.60, suggesting a potential upside of 20.06%. Given Equity Bancshares' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Equity Bancshares is more favorable than Inter & Co, Inc..

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Inter & Co, Inc.
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Equity Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Equity Bancshares received 130 more outperform votes than Inter & Co, Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.55% of users gave Inter & Co, Inc. an outperform vote while only 48.14% of users gave Equity Bancshares an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Inter & Co, Inc.Outperform Votes
12
54.55%
Underperform Votes
10
45.45%
Equity BancsharesOutperform Votes
142
48.14%
Underperform Votes
153
51.86%

Inter & Co, Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Equity Bancshares. Equity Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Inter & Co, Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Inter & Co, Inc.$6.40B0.44$168.18M$0.3916.58
Equity Bancshares$225.03M3.02$62.62M$3.939.88

Equity Bancshares has a net margin of 18.66% compared to Inter & Co, Inc.'s net margin of 11.74%. Equity Bancshares' return on equity of 14.64% beat Inter & Co, Inc.'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Inter & Co, Inc.11.74% 10.06% 1.28%
Equity Bancshares 18.66%14.64%1.31%

22.9% of Inter & Co, Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of Equity Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Equity Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Equity Bancshares beats Inter & Co, Inc. on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EQBK vs. The Competition

MetricEquity BancsharesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$679.61M$3.07B$11.11B$7.93B
Dividend Yield1.57%3.87%5.79%4.22%
P/E Ratio9.7522.9622.0118.49
Price / Sales3.022.9926.09102.66
Price / Cash10.6310.6317.6034.62
Price / Book1.321.152.664.25
Net Income$62.62M$372.21M$1.03B$248.31M
7 Day Performance0.98%0.15%0.66%1.12%
1 Month Performance-1.01%-1.07%-0.39%3.68%
1 Year Performance15.42%16.86%538.24%5.19%

Equity Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
3.3404 of 5 stars
$38.82
+0.8%
$46.60
+20.1%
+15.6%$679.61M$225.03M9.75700Positive News
INTR
Inter & Co, Inc.
2.3372 of 5 stars
$5.69
-1.4%
$6.78
+19.2%
+31.6%$2.47B$6.40B14.593,235Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
ENVA
Enova International
3.573 of 5 stars
$89.47
-2.0%
$102.83
+14.9%
+51.5%$2.31B$2.66B12.031,800Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Down
PRK
Park National
2.2784 of 5 stars
$142.13
-1.2%
$181.75
+27.9%
+14.0%$2.30B$520.61M15.271,790Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
AUB
Atlantic Union Bankshares
4.6565 of 5 stars
$24.63
-0.4%
$41.33
+67.8%
-12.5%$2.22B$817.42M10.761,880Analyst Forecast
RIOT
Riot Platforms
3.6687 of 5 stars
$6.29
-2.6%
$17.18
+173.2%
-28.4%$2.20B$376.66M14.63340Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
BFH
Bread Financial
4.7232 of 5 stars
$45.72
-2.5%
$57.08
+24.9%
+28.5%$2.20B$3.84B8.247,500Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
CLSK
CleanSpark
3.3626 of 5 stars
$7.47
-0.5%
$21.57
+188.8%
-50.1%$2.10B$467.49M67.92130Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
Gap Down
LU
Lufax
1.4139 of 5 stars
$2.38
+0.8%
$2.98
+25.0%
-34.4%$2.06B$20.29B-3.0992,400Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
CORZ
Core Scientific
3.0296 of 5 stars
$6.39
-3.6%
$19.07
+198.4%
+176.5%$1.88B$510.67M-1.18200Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
FINV
FinVolution Group
3.7077 of 5 stars
$7.04
-1.7%
$11.40
+61.9%
+65.9%$1.87B$13.07B6.074,260Short Interest ↓
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:EQBK) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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