OBT vs. BMRC, MVBF, BSVN, FRST, LNKB, HMST, JMSB, FRBA, CZNC, and ORRF
Should you be buying Orange County Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orange County Bancorp include Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), MVB Financial (MVBF), Bank7 (BSVN), Primis Financial (FRST), LINKBANCORP (LNKB), HomeStreet (HMST), John Marshall Bancorp (JMSB), First Bank (FRBA), Citizens & Northern (CZNC), and Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Orange County Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBT) and Bank of Marin Bancorp (NASDAQ:BMRC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
42.6% of Orange County Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of Bank of Marin Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.5% of Orange County Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Bank of Marin Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Orange County Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bank of Marin Bancorp. Orange County Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Marin Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Orange County Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $51.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.64%. Bank of Marin Bancorp has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.49%. Given Bank of Marin Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bank of Marin Bancorp is more favorable than Orange County Bancorp.
In the previous week, Bank of Marin Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Orange County Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Bank of Marin Bancorp and 1 mentions for Orange County Bancorp. Orange County Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Bank of Marin Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Orange County Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Orange County Bancorp has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Marin Bancorp has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Orange County Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Bank of Marin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Orange County Bancorp pays out 17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Marin Bancorp pays out 80.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Orange County Bancorp has a net margin of 22.47% compared to Bank of Marin Bancorp's net margin of 13.77%. Orange County Bancorp's return on equity of 22.06% beat Bank of Marin Bancorp's return on equity.
Bank of Marin Bancorp received 268 more outperform votes than Orange County Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.33% of users gave Bank of Marin Bancorp an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave Orange County Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
Orange County Bancorp beats Bank of Marin Bancorp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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