EQBK vs. TRST, IBCP, MSBI, HTBK, HBNC, CATC, CCB, CPF, MCBC, and FMNB
Should you be buying Equity Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equity Bancshares include TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Independent Bank (IBCP), Midland States Bancorp (MSBI), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), Cambridge Bancorp (CATC), Coastal Financial (CCB), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), Macatawa Bank (MCBC), and Farmers National Banc (FMNB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Equity Bancshares (NASDAQ:EQBK) and TrustCo Bank Corp NY (NASDAQ:TRST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
TrustCo Bank Corp NY has a net margin of 21.17% compared to Equity Bancshares' net margin of 3.88%. Equity Bancshares' return on equity of 12.27% beat TrustCo Bank Corp NY's return on equity.
Equity Bancshares presently has a consensus price target of $32.67, indicating a potential downside of 2.43%. Given Equity Bancshares' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Equity Bancshares is more favorable than TrustCo Bank Corp NY.
Equity Bancshares has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TrustCo Bank Corp NY has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Equity Bancshares had 4 more articles in the media than TrustCo Bank Corp NY. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Equity Bancshares and 11 mentions for TrustCo Bank Corp NY. Equity Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat TrustCo Bank Corp NY's score of 0.53 indicating that Equity Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Equity Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. TrustCo Bank Corp NY pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Equity Bancshares pays out 80.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TrustCo Bank Corp NY pays out 51.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TrustCo Bank Corp NY is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
71.8% of Equity Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.6% of TrustCo Bank Corp NY shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of Equity Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of TrustCo Bank Corp NY shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
TrustCo Bank Corp NY received 34 more outperform votes than Equity Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.11% of users gave TrustCo Bank Corp NY an outperform vote while only 48.58% of users gave Equity Bancshares an outperform vote.
TrustCo Bank Corp NY has higher revenue and earnings than Equity Bancshares. TrustCo Bank Corp NY is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Equity Bancshares beats TrustCo Bank Corp NY on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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