MOFG vs. EBTC, WTBA, CZNC, BSRR, BMRC, CCNE, WASH, THFF, CCBG, and FMNB
Should you be buying MidWestOne Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MidWestOne Financial Group include Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC), West Bancorporation (WTBA), Citizens & Northern (CZNC), Sierra Bancorp (BSRR), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), CNB Financial (CCNE), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), First Financial (THFF), Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), and Farmers National Banc (FMNB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
MidWestOne Financial Group (NASDAQ:MOFG) and Enterprise Bancorp (NASDAQ:EBTC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Enterprise Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than MidWestOne Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Enterprise Bancorp and 5 mentions for MidWestOne Financial Group. MidWestOne Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Enterprise Bancorp's score of -0.03 indicating that MidWestOne Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MidWestOne Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Enterprise Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. MidWestOne Financial Group pays out 73.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enterprise Bancorp pays out 33.0% 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.
MidWestOne Financial Group presently has a consensus price target of $25.67, indicating a potential upside of 26.62%. Given MidWestOne Financial Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe MidWestOne Financial Group is more favorable than Enterprise Bancorp.
Enterprise Bancorp has a net margin of 15.80% compared to MidWestOne Financial Group's net margin of 7.78%. Enterprise Bancorp's return on equity of 11.47% beat MidWestOne Financial Group's return on equity.
Enterprise Bancorp received 28 more outperform votes than MidWestOne Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.89% of users gave Enterprise Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.38% of users gave MidWestOne Financial Group an outperform vote.
65.4% of MidWestOne Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.9% of Enterprise Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of MidWestOne Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of Enterprise Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MidWestOne Financial Group has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Bancorp has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Enterprise Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MidWestOne Financial Group. Enterprise Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MidWestOne Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Enterprise Bancorp beats MidWestOne Financial Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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