OBNK vs. SFBS, AX, IFS, ASB, CORZ, BBAR, RIOT, UCB, AVAL, and EBC
Should you be buying Origin Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Origin Bancorp include ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), Axos Financial (AX), Intercorp Financial Services (IFS), Associated Banc (ASB), Core Scientific (CORZ), Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), Riot Platforms (RIOT), United Community Banks (UCB), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), and Eastern Bankshares (EBC). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Origin Bancorp vs.
ServisFirst Bancshares (NYSE:SFBS) and Origin Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBNK) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
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.
ServisFirst Bancshares has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Origin Bancorp has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
67.3% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
ServisFirst Bancshares has a net margin of 23.16% compared to Origin Bancorp's net margin of 20.47%. ServisFirst Bancshares' return on equity of 14.81% beat Origin Bancorp's return on equity.
ServisFirst Bancshares received 98 more outperform votes than Origin Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.77% of users gave Origin Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.64% of users gave ServisFirst Bancshares an outperform vote.
In the previous week, ServisFirst Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than Origin Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ServisFirst Bancshares and 2 mentions for Origin Bancorp. ServisFirst Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Origin Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that ServisFirst Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ServisFirst Bancshares currently has a consensus target price of $87.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.84%. Given ServisFirst Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe ServisFirst Bancshares is more favorable than Origin Bancorp.
ServisFirst Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. ServisFirst Bancshares pays out 30.5% 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. ServisFirst Bancshares has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Origin Bancorp has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. ServisFirst Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
ServisFirst Bancshares beats Origin Bancorp on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:OBNK) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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