OBK vs. OBNK, BY, RBCAA, SBSI, QCRH, GABC, PEBO, LBAI, CTBI, and FMBH
Should you be buying Origin Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Origin Bancorp include Origin Bancorp (OBNK), Byline Bancorp (BY), Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), QCR (QCRH), German American Bancorp (GABC), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), and First Mid Bancshares (FMBH). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Origin Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBK) and Origin Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBNK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Origin Bancorp pays out 22.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Origin Bancorp pays out 18.7% 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 received 127 more outperform votes than Origin Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Origin Bancorp an outperform vote while only 63.77% of users gave Origin Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Origin Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Origin Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Origin Bancorp and 3 mentions for Origin Bancorp. Origin Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Origin Bancorp's score of -0.04 indicating that Origin Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Origin Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.94%. Origin Bancorp has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.45%. Given Origin Bancorp's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Origin Bancorp is more favorable than Origin Bancorp.
Origin Bancorp has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Origin Bancorp has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
54.7% of Origin Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Origin Bancorp has a net margin of 20.47% compared to Origin Bancorp's net margin of 14.40%. Origin Bancorp's return on equity of 10.45% beat Origin Bancorp's return on equity.
Origin Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Origin Bancorp. Origin Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Origin Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Origin Bancorp beats Origin Bancorp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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