OPBK vs. ESQ, HBT, MCB, BTBT, EQBK, QD, MCBS, NBBK, BITF, and BFST
Should you be buying OP Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OP Bancorp include Esquire Financial (ESQ), HBT Financial (HBT), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), Bit Digital (BTBT), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), Qudian (QD), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), NB Bancorp (NBBK), Bitfarms (BITF), and Business First Bancshares (BFST). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
OP Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
OP Bancorp (NASDAQ:OPBK) and Esquire Financial (NASDAQ:ESQ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Esquire Financial had 1 more articles in the media than OP Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Esquire Financial and 1 mentions for OP Bancorp. OP Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Esquire Financial's score of 1.84 indicating that OP Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
OP Bancorp has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Esquire Financial has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
53.6% of OP Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.7% of Esquire Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 20.4% of OP Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of Esquire Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Esquire Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than OP Bancorp. OP Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Esquire Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
OP Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.06%. Esquire Financial has a consensus target price of $100.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.23%. Given OP Bancorp's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe OP Bancorp is more favorable than Esquire Financial.
Esquire Financial has a net margin of 30.96% compared to OP Bancorp's net margin of 13.91%. Esquire Financial's return on equity of 18.87% beat OP Bancorp's return on equity.
OP Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Esquire Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. OP Bancorp pays out 32.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Esquire Financial pays out 12.9% 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. Esquire Financial has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Summary
Esquire Financial beats OP Bancorp on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:OPBK) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff