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$96.25 -1.85 (-1.89%)
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ESQ vs. OBK, STEL, FHB, BFH, BUR, ENVA, CIFR, FBK, DAVE, and PGY

Should you be buying Esquire Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Esquire Financial include Origin Bancorp (OBK), Stellarone (STEL), First Hawaiian (FHB), Bread Financial (BFH), Burford Capital (BUR), Enova International (ENVA), Cipher Mining (CIFR), FB Financial (FBK), Dave (DAVE), and Pagaya Technologies (PGY).

Esquire Financial vs. Its Competitors

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

Esquire Financial has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Origin Bancorp has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 will outperform the market over the long term.

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$138.27M5.94$43.66M$5.4217.76
Origin Bancorp$347.73M3.46$76.49M$2.2417.20

In the previous week, Esquire Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Origin Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Esquire Financial and 5 mentions for Origin Bancorp. Origin Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Esquire Financial's score of 0.78 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
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Origin Bancorp
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 1.6%. 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.

Esquire Financial currently has a consensus target price of $100.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.42%. Origin Bancorp has a consensus target price of $43.20, suggesting a potential upside of 12.14%. 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

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%

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ESQ vs. The Competition

MetricEsquire FinancialBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$821.98M$937.82M$12.43B$9.68B
Dividend Yield0.71%2.98%5.42%4.54%
P/E Ratio17.7616.64228.8026.40
Price / Sales5.942.2731.52206.18
Price / Cash17.4116.8619.0628.92
Price / Book3.381.162.296.06
Net Income$43.66M$54.23M$1.00B$266.05M
7 Day Performance-4.22%-0.48%-0.17%-0.07%
1 Month Performance3.01%7.67%4.09%5.83%
1 Year Performance56.43%13.16%540.35%17.88%

Esquire Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESQ
Esquire Financial
2.302 of 5 stars
$96.25
-1.9%
$100.50
+4.4%
+59.4%$821.98M$138.27M17.76110News Coverage
OBK
Origin Bancorp
2.8464 of 5 stars
$38.89
-0.1%
$43.20
+11.1%
+16.2%$1.21B$347.73M15.811,010News Coverage
Positive News
STEL
Stellarone
1.4192 of 5 stars
$30.89
+11.4%
$31.00
+0.4%
N/A$1.55B$625.45M14.041,025Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
FHB
First Hawaiian
1.8143 of 5 stars
$25.95
+0.2%
$27.07
+4.3%
+6.7%$3.23B$1.17B13.382,000Positive News
BFH
Bread Financial
3.0795 of 5 stars
$66.23
-0.7%
$64.91
-2.0%
+13.9%$3.09B$4.80B11.216,000News Coverage
Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
BUR
Burford Capital
4.3783 of 5 stars
$13.98
+1.7%
$18.00
+28.8%
+3.4%$3.06B$546.09M12.94140
ENVA
Enova International
2.4181 of 5 stars
$121.27
-0.4%
$111.00
-8.5%
+41.5%$3.03B$2.66B12.871,787
CIFR
Cipher Mining
0.9498 of 5 stars
$7.64
+8.8%
$7.67
+0.3%
+117.7%$3.00B$151.27M-17.7710Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
FBK
FB Financial
4.2591 of 5 stars
$53.69
-0.4%
$58.25
+8.5%
+11.3%$2.89B$764.61M27.821,490Positive News
Short Interest ↑
DAVE
Dave
3.2695 of 5 stars
$213.22
-2.1%
$262.17
+23.0%
+467.1%$2.88B$347.10M56.41250Gap Down
PGY
Pagaya Technologies
3.2156 of 5 stars
$36.88
-2.2%
$34.33
-6.9%
+144.9%$2.83B$1.03B-9.63800Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:ESQ) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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