Origin Bancorp (OBNK) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OBNK or SFBS?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Origin Bancorp	Outperform Votes 132 63.77%	Underperform Votes 75 36.23%
ServisFirst Bancshares	Outperform Votes 230 57.64%	Underperform Votes 169 42.36%

Do analysts prefer OBNK or SFBS?

ServisFirst Bancshares has a consensus target price of $87.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.19%. Given ServisFirst Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ServisFirst Bancshares is more favorable than Origin Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Origin Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
ServisFirst Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility and risk, OBNK or SFBS?

Origin Bancorp has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ServisFirst Bancshares has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OBNK or SFBS a better dividend stock?

Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. ServisFirst Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Origin Bancorp pays out 18.7% 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 has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and ServisFirst Bancshares has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. ServisFirst Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

47.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.3% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, OBNK 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	$347.14M	3.03	$87.71M	$3.21	10.64
ServisFirst Bancshares	$498.08M	8.12	$227.24M	$4.40	16.83

Is OBNK or SFBS more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Origin Bancorp	20.47%	10.45%	0.97%
ServisFirst Bancshares	23.16%	14.81%	1.39%

Does the media prefer OBNK or SFBS?

In the previous week, ServisFirst Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than Origin Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for ServisFirst Bancshares and 1 mentions for Origin Bancorp. ServisFirst Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Origin Bancorp's score of 0.00 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ServisFirst Bancshares	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

ServisFirst Bancshares beats Origin Bancorp on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.