OPBK vs. AMTB, MCB, BFST, NBN, MCBS, NBBK, EQBK, XYF, VEL, and IBCP
Should you be buying OP Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OP Bancorp include Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), Business First Bancshares (BFST), Northeast Bancorp (NBN), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), NB Bancorp (NBBK), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), X Financial (XYF), Velocity Financial (VEL), and Independent Bank (IBCP). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
OP Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
OP Bancorp (NASDAQ:OPBK) and Amerant Bancorp (NASDAQ:AMTB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
OP Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Amerant Bancorp. Amerant Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OP Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
OP Bancorp has a net margin of 13.61% compared to Amerant Bancorp's net margin of -8.38%. OP Bancorp's return on equity of 10.51% beat Amerant Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, OP Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Amerant Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for OP Bancorp and 1 mentions for Amerant Bancorp. Amerant Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat OP Bancorp's score of 0.88 indicating that Amerant Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
OP Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.48%. Amerant Bancorp has a consensus price target of $24.60, suggesting a potential upside of 25.25%. Given OP Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe OP Bancorp is more favorable than Amerant Bancorp.
53.6% of OP Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.1% of Amerant Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 20.4% of OP Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Amerant Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
OP Bancorp has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amerant Bancorp has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
OP Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Amerant Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. OP Bancorp pays out 33.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amerant Bancorp pays out -60.0% 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.
Summary
OP Bancorp beats Amerant Bancorp on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get OP Bancorp News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for OPBK and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding OPBK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
OP Bancorp Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (NASDAQ:OPBK) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
