NRIM vs. CHCO, FBNC, FCF, LKFN, SRCE, GABC, STBA, NBHC, RBCAA, and TCBK
Should you be buying Northrim BanCorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northrim BanCorp include City (CHCO), First Bancorp (FBNC), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Lakeland Financial (LKFN), 1st Source (SRCE), German American Bancorp (GABC), S&T Bancorp (STBA), National Bank (NBHC), Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), and TriCo Bancshares (TCBK). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Northrim BanCorp vs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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This page (NASDAQ:NRIM) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff