Origin Bancorp (OBK) Competitors

Origin Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBK) and ServisFirst Bancshares (NYSE:SFBS) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in OBK or SFBS?

54.7% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.3% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, OBK or SFBS?

Origin Bancorp has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ServisFirst Bancshares has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OBK or SFBS a better dividend stock?

Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. ServisFirst Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Origin Bancorp pays out 24.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ServisFirst Bancshares pays out 30.5% 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. Origin Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to OBK or SFBS?

In the previous week, Origin Bancorp had 9 more articles in the media than ServisFirst Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Origin Bancorp and 4 mentions for ServisFirst Bancshares. ServisFirst Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Origin Bancorp's score of 0.39 indicating that ServisFirst Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Origin Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ServisFirst Bancshares	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OBK or SFBS?

ServisFirst Bancshares received 211 more outperform votes than Origin Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.61% of users gave Origin Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.64% of users gave ServisFirst Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Origin Bancorp	Outperform Votes 19 82.61%	Underperform Votes 4 17.39%
ServisFirst Bancshares	Outperform Votes 230 57.64%	Underperform Votes 169 42.36%

Do analysts rate OBK or SFBS?

Origin Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $42.20, suggesting a potential upside of 31.26%. ServisFirst Bancshares has a consensus target price of $87.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.75%. Given Origin Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Origin Bancorp is more favorable than ServisFirst Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Origin Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
ServisFirst Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher earnings & valuation, OBK or SFBS?

ServisFirst Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Origin Bancorp. Origin Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ServisFirst Bancshares, 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
Origin Bancorp	$358.06M	2.81	$76.49M	$2.44	13.18
ServisFirst Bancshares	$498.18M	7.94	$227.24M	$4.40	16.47

Is OBK or SFBS more profitable?

ServisFirst Bancshares has a net margin of 23.16% compared to Origin Bancorp's net margin of 12.34%. ServisFirst Bancshares' return on equity of 14.81% beat Origin Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Origin Bancorp	12.34%	6.91%	0.77%
ServisFirst Bancshares	23.16%	14.81%	1.39%

Summary

ServisFirst Bancshares beats Origin Bancorp on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.