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ISTR vs. OSBC, ATLC, AMTB, HBT, ESQ, NBN, MCB, XYF, BFST, and NBBK

Should you be buying Investar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Investar include Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), Atlanticus (ATLC), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), HBT Financial (HBT), Esquire Financial (ESQ), Northeast Bancorp (NBN), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), X Financial (XYF), Business First Bancshares (BFST), and NB Bancorp (NBBK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Investar vs. Its Competitors

Investar (NASDAQ:ISTR) and Old Second Bancorp (NASDAQ:OSBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and valuation.

Investar currently has a consensus price target of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.95%. Old Second Bancorp has a consensus price target of $20.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.92%. Given Investar's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Investar is more favorable than Old Second Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Investar
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Old Second Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Old Second Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Investar. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Old Second Bancorp and 2 mentions for Investar. Old Second Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Investar's score of 0.96 indicating that Old Second Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Investar
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Old Second Bancorp
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Investar has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Old Second Bancorp has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Investar$158.07M1.37$20.25M$2.1910.03
Old Second Bancorp$341.72M2.46$85.26M$1.8310.19

Investar pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Old Second Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Investar pays out 20.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Old Second Bancorp pays out 13.1% 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. Investar has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Old Second Bancorp has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Investar is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Old Second Bancorp has a net margin of 24.52% compared to Investar's net margin of 13.99%. Old Second Bancorp's return on equity of 12.87% beat Investar's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Investar13.99% 8.60% 0.75%
Old Second Bancorp 24.52%12.87%1.50%

50.2% of Investar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.8% of Old Second Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 8.8% of Investar shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Old Second Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Old Second Bancorp beats Investar on 14 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

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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ISTR vs. The Competition

MetricInvestarBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$217.57M$2.00B$12.11B$9.41B
Dividend Yield1.99%2.60%5.56%4.03%
P/E Ratio10.0312.2218.3720.09
Price / Sales1.372.3426.0799.01
Price / Cash9.9512.5621.6858.27
Price / Book0.891.222.315.65
Net Income$20.25M$154.64M$997.60M$257.91M
7 Day Performance-0.09%1.41%0.42%2.09%
1 Month Performance20.26%9.05%4.37%11.13%
1 Year Performance25.49%18.19%541.75%18.40%

Investar Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ISTR
Investar
4.8272 of 5 stars
$21.96
-0.6%
$27.00
+23.0%
+23.9%$217.57M$158.07M10.03340
OSBC
Old Second Bancorp
3.0088 of 5 stars
$18.96
+1.4%
$20.50
+8.1%
+11.0%$854.26M$282.62M10.36890Positive News
Dividend Announcement
ATLC
Atlanticus
2.9234 of 5 stars
$55.40
-0.5%
$62.60
+13.0%
+51.8%$838.20M$1.31B10.72330News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
AMTB
Amerant Bancorp
2.1826 of 5 stars
$19.96
+1.2%
$24.60
+23.2%
-25.5%$834.99M$317.91M-35.02680Upcoming Earnings
HBT
HBT Financial
3.159 of 5 stars
$26.25
+1.8%
$25.80
-1.7%
+8.3%$826.88M$287.27M11.03730News Coverage
ESQ
Esquire Financial
1.8055 of 5 stars
$97.64
+1.2%
$96.50
-1.2%
+76.8%$826.03M$138.27M18.46110Upcoming Earnings
NBN
Northeast Bancorp
3.1525 of 5 stars
$98.80
+3.3%
$97.50
-1.3%
+39.2%$811.15M$263.77M10.99180High Trading Volume
MCB
Metropolitan Bank
2.564 of 5 stars
$75.58
+3.0%
$77.00
+1.9%
+36.1%$805.67M$492.21M12.79240Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Buyback Announcement
Gap Up
XYF
X Financial
3.145 of 5 stars
$19.04
-0.6%
N/A+321.3%$795.32M$804.43M3.97420Positive News
High Trading Volume
BFST
Business First Bancshares
3.8959 of 5 stars
$26.38
+2.4%
$30.50
+15.6%
+7.1%$783.22M$458.96M10.86750
NBBK
NB Bancorp
2.4334 of 5 stars
$19.26
+1.5%
$22.00
+14.2%
+4.7%$781.38M$304.05M16.32342Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:ISTR) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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