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$105.19 +0.95 (+0.91%)
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ESQ vs. OBK, STEL, BTDR, PGY, DAVE, FHB, ENVA, BFH, FBK, and LU

Should you be buying Esquire Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Esquire Financial include Origin Bancorp (OBK), Stellarone (STEL), Bitdeer Technologies Group (BTDR), Pagaya Technologies (PGY), Dave (DAVE), First Hawaiian (FHB), Enova International (ENVA), Bread Financial (BFH), FB Financial (FBK), and Lufax (LU).

Esquire Financial vs. Its Competitors

Esquire Financial (NASDAQ:ESQ) and Origin Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Esquire Financial currently has a consensus price target of $100.50, indicating a potential downside of 4.46%. Origin Bancorp has a consensus price target of $43.20, indicating a potential upside of 21.33%. Given Origin Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Origin Bancorp is more favorable than Esquire Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Esquire Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Origin Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

54.7% of Esquire Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.7% of Origin Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.0% of Esquire Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Origin Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Esquire Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Esquire Financial pays out 12.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Origin Bancorp pays out 26.8% 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. Esquire Financial has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Origin Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Esquire Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Origin Bancorp and 1 mentions for Esquire Financial. Origin Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Esquire Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Origin Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Esquire Financial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Origin Bancorp
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Esquire Financial has a net margin of 30.96% compared to Origin Bancorp's net margin of 12.34%. Esquire Financial's return on equity of 18.87% beat Origin Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Esquire Financial30.96% 18.87% 2.41%
Origin Bancorp 12.34%6.91%0.77%

Origin Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Esquire Financial. Origin Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Esquire Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Esquire Financial$138.27M6.50$43.66M$5.4219.41
Origin Bancorp$347.73M3.20$76.49M$2.2415.90

Esquire Financial has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Origin Bancorp has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Origin Bancorp beats Esquire Financial on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ESQ vs. The Competition

MetricEsquire FinancialBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$890.06M$942.83M$12.67B$10.50B
Dividend Yield0.67%3.01%5.43%4.57%
P/E Ratio19.4117.21240.1326.62
Price / Sales6.502.3730.8691.77
Price / Cash18.5055.0322.8861.85
Price / Book3.691.152.316.45
Net Income$43.66M$54.35M$1.01B$271.57M
7 Day Performance4.61%0.29%0.42%2.61%
1 Month Performance5.78%-0.05%1.66%7.28%
1 Year Performance66.73%13.15%540.38%29.60%

Esquire Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESQ
Esquire Financial
1.7323 of 5 stars
$105.19
+0.9%
$100.50
-4.5%
+66.2%$890.06M$138.27M19.41110
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.2438 of 5 stars
$36.04
+0.8%
$43.20
+19.9%
+9.6%$1.13B$347.73M14.651,010Positive News
STEL
Stellarone
2.9396 of 5 stars
$30.42
+9.7%
$31.00
+1.9%
+15.0%$1.55B$625.45M13.831,025Gap Up
BTDR
Bitdeer Technologies Group
2.584 of 5 stars
$17.96
+9.2%
$22.55
+25.5%
+133.1%$3.48B$349.78M-3.82211Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
PGY
Pagaya Technologies
2.3446 of 5 stars
$41.30
-2.4%
$34.33
-16.9%
+215.1%$3.24B$1.03B-10.78800News Coverage
DAVE
Dave
3.3933 of 5 stars
$242.56
+1.7%
$262.17
+8.1%
+478.3%$3.22B$347.10M64.17250Trending News
Insider Trade
FHB
First Hawaiian
2.8811 of 5 stars
$25.31
-1.4%
$27.07
+7.0%
+5.6%$3.20B$1.17B13.052,000Positive News
ENVA
Enova International
2.3668 of 5 stars
$127.53
+1.2%
$111.00
-13.0%
+49.2%$3.15B$2.66B13.541,787Positive News
Insider Trade
BFH
Bread Financial
4.2008 of 5 stars
$62.70
-1.2%
$64.91
+3.5%
+20.2%$2.96B$4.80B10.616,000Positive News
FBK
FB Financial
4.301 of 5 stars
$53.69
-0.3%
$58.80
+9.5%
+15.0%$2.90B$764.61M27.821,490
LU
Lufax
0.8052 of 5 stars
$3.43
+3.2%
$3.20
-6.6%
+48.0%$2.88B$4.82B-4.4536,215High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:ESQ) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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