OPBK vs. MCB, AMTB, NBN, HBT, QD, BKKT, VEL, DEFT, BFST, and NBBK
Should you be buying OP Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OP Bancorp include Metropolitan Bank (MCB), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), Northeast Bancorp (NBN), HBT Financial (HBT), Qudian (QD), Bakkt (BKKT), Velocity Financial (VEL), DeFi Technologies (DEFT), Business First Bancshares (BFST), and NB Bancorp (NBBK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
OP Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Metropolitan Bank (NYSE:MCB) and OP Bancorp (NASDAQ:OPBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
Metropolitan Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. OP Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Metropolitan Bank pays out 9.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OP Bancorp pays out 32.4% 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.
In the previous week, Metropolitan Bank had 1 more articles in the media than OP Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Metropolitan Bank and 1 mentions for OP Bancorp. OP Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Metropolitan Bank's score of 0.20 indicating that OP Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
79.8% of Metropolitan Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.6% of OP Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Metropolitan Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of OP Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Metropolitan Bank has higher revenue and earnings than OP Bancorp. OP Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Metropolitan Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Metropolitan Bank presently has a consensus price target of $82.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.07%. OP Bancorp has a consensus price target of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.14%. Given OP Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe OP Bancorp is more favorable than Metropolitan Bank.
OP Bancorp has a net margin of 13.91% compared to Metropolitan Bank's net margin of 13.68%. OP Bancorp's return on equity of 10.72% beat Metropolitan Bank's return on equity.
Metropolitan Bank has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OP Bancorp has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Metropolitan Bank beats OP Bancorp on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:OPBK) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff