Orange County Bancorp (OBT) Competitors

CompoSecure (NASDAQ:CMPO) and Orange County Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CMPO or OBT?

Orange County Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CompoSecure. CompoSecure 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CompoSecure	$376.39M	3.43	$19.24M	-$1.10	-11.47
Orange County Bancorp	$108.43M	2.78	$27.88M	$2.41	10.99

Does the media refer more to CMPO or OBT?

In the previous week, CompoSecure had 7 more articles in the media than Orange County Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for CompoSecure and 5 mentions for Orange County Bancorp. CompoSecure's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Orange County Bancorp's score of 0.31 indicating that CompoSecure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CompoSecure	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Orange County Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend CMPO or OBT?

CompoSecure presently has a consensus target price of $16.19, indicating a potential upside of 28.27%. Orange County Bancorp has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.55%. Given CompoSecure's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe CompoSecure is more favorable than Orange County Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CompoSecure	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Orange County Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CMPO or OBT?

37.6% of CompoSecure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.5% of Orange County Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 75.0% of CompoSecure shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of Orange County Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CMPO or OBT more profitable?

Orange County Bancorp has a net margin of 19.47% compared to CompoSecure's net margin of -5.63%. Orange County Bancorp's return on equity of 15.51% beat CompoSecure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CompoSecure	-5.63%	-14.87%	36.45%
Orange County Bancorp	19.47%	15.51%	1.12%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CMPO or OBT?

CompoSecure received 25 more outperform votes than Orange County Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.07% of users gave CompoSecure an outperform vote while only 52.94% of users gave Orange County Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CompoSecure	Outperform Votes 34 79.07%	Underperform Votes 9 20.93%
Orange County Bancorp	Outperform Votes 9 52.94%	Underperform Votes 8 47.06%

Which has more risk and volatility, CMPO or OBT?

CompoSecure has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orange County Bancorp has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CompoSecure beats Orange County Bancorp on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.