OBT vs. LX, BY, LC, OPFI, DEFT, BFC, QCRH, OBK, OBNK, and FBMS
Should you be buying Orange County Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orange County Bancorp include LexinFintech (LX), Byline Bancorp (BY), LendingClub (LC), OppFi (OPFI), Defi Technologies (DEFT), Bank First (BFC), QCR (QCRH), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), and First Bancshares (FBMS). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Orange County Bancorp vs.
LexinFintech (NASDAQ:LX) and Orange County Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
LexinFintech pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Orange County Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. LexinFintech pays out 16.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Orange County Bancorp pays out 21.6% 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. LexinFintech is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
LexinFintech currently has a consensus price target of $13.60, indicating a potential upside of 90.48%. Orange County Bancorp has a consensus price target of $32.50, indicating a potential upside of 32.49%. Given LexinFintech's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe LexinFintech is more favorable than Orange County Bancorp.
LexinFintech received 231 more outperform votes than Orange County Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.65% of users gave LexinFintech an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Orange County Bancorp an outperform vote.
LexinFintech has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orange County Bancorp has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Orange County Bancorp had 6 more articles in the media than LexinFintech. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Orange County Bancorp and 4 mentions for LexinFintech. LexinFintech's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Orange County Bancorp's score of 0.92 indicating that LexinFintech is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Orange County Bancorp has a net margin of 19.47% compared to LexinFintech's net margin of 5.34%. Orange County Bancorp's return on equity of 15.51% beat LexinFintech's return on equity.
42.5% of Orange County Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 27.8% of LexinFintech shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of Orange County Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
LexinFintech has higher revenue and earnings than Orange County Bancorp. LexinFintech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orange County Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
LexinFintech beats Orange County Bancorp on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:OBT) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
