Northrim BanCorp (NRIM) Competitors

City (NASDAQ:CHCO) and Northrim BanCorp (NASDAQ:NRIM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

Is CHCO or NRIM more profitable?

City has a net margin of 30.83% compared to Northrim BanCorp's net margin of 18.87%. City's return on equity of 16.49% beat Northrim BanCorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
City	30.83%	16.49%	1.83%
Northrim BanCorp	18.87%	14.86%	1.30%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CHCO or NRIM?

City received 43 more outperform votes than Northrim BanCorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.40% of users gave Northrim BanCorp an outperform vote while only 49.60% of users gave City an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
City	Outperform Votes 248 49.60%	Underperform Votes 252 50.40%
Northrim BanCorp	Outperform Votes 205 58.40%	Underperform Votes 146 41.60%

Do analysts rate CHCO or NRIM?

City presently has a consensus price target of $127.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.31%. Northrim BanCorp has a consensus price target of $104.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.06%. Given Northrim BanCorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Northrim BanCorp is more favorable than City.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
City	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Northrim BanCorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CHCO or NRIM?

City has higher revenue and earnings than Northrim BanCorp. Northrim BanCorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than City, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
City	$287.36M	5.99	$117.10M	$7.98	14.89
Northrim BanCorp	$166.43M	2.90	$36.97M	$7.52	11.62

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CHCO or NRIM?

72.4% of City shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.0% of Northrim BanCorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of City shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Northrim BanCorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, CHCO or NRIM?

City has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northrim BanCorp has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CHCO or NRIM?

In the previous week, City had 3 more articles in the media than Northrim BanCorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for City and 2 mentions for Northrim BanCorp. City's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Northrim BanCorp's score of 1.22 indicating that City is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
City	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Northrim BanCorp	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CHCO or NRIM a better dividend stock?

City pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Northrim BanCorp pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. City pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northrim BanCorp pays out 34.0% 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. City has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Northrim BanCorp has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Northrim BanCorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

City beats Northrim BanCorp on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.