ISBA vs. BHRB, SBSI, OPFI, NBN, AMTB, OBNK, AMAL, ESQ, MCB, and HBT
Should you be buying Isabella Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Isabella Bank include Burke & Herbert Financial Services (BHRB), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), OppFi (OPFI), Northeast Bancorp (NBN), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Esquire Financial (ESQ), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), and HBT Financial (HBT). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Isabella Bank vs. Its Competitors
Burke & Herbert Financial Services (NASDAQ:BHRB) and Isabella Bank (NASDAQ:ISBA) are both small-cap banking companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Burke & Herbert Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than Isabella Bank. Burke & Herbert Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Isabella Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Burke & Herbert Financial Services had 1 more articles in the media than Isabella Bank. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Burke & Herbert Financial Services and 4 mentions for Isabella Bank. Burke & Herbert Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Isabella Bank's score of 0.88 indicating that Burke & Herbert Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Burke & Herbert Financial Services has a net margin of 20.93% compared to Isabella Bank's net margin of 15.18%. Burke & Herbert Financial Services' return on equity of 15.39% beat Isabella Bank's return on equity.
Burke & Herbert Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Isabella Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Burke & Herbert Financial Services pays out 31.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Isabella Bank pays out 51.1% 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. Burke & Herbert Financial Services has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Burke & Herbert Financial Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Burke & Herbert Financial Services has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Isabella Bank has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Burke & Herbert Financial Services currently has a consensus target price of $71.67, suggesting a potential upside of 16.42%. Isabella Bank has a consensus target price of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.74%. Given Burke & Herbert Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Burke & Herbert Financial Services is more favorable than Isabella Bank.
Summary
Burke & Herbert Financial Services beats Isabella Bank on 16 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NASDAQ:ISBA) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
