ORRF vs. CATY, FRME, IBCP, MOFG, OBK, THFF, UVSP, WSBC, FCF, and PFS
Should you be buying Orrstown Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orrstown Financial Services include Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Merchants (FRME), Independent Bank (IBCP), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), Origin Bancorp (OBK), First Financial Corporation Indiana (THFF), Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP), WesBanco (WSBC), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), and Provident Financial Services (PFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Orrstown Financial Services vs. Its Competitors
Orrstown Financial Services (NASDAQ:ORRF) and Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Orrstown Financial Services currently has a consensus price target of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.46%. Cathay General Bancorp has a consensus price target of $50.17, suggesting a potential upside of 3.50%. Given Orrstown Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Orrstown Financial Services is more favorable than Cathay General Bancorp.
Cathay General Bancorp has a net margin of 20.55% compared to Orrstown Financial Services' net margin of 9.74%. Orrstown Financial Services' return on equity of 14.35% beat Cathay General Bancorp's return on equity.
Orrstown Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Cathay General Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Orrstown Financial Services pays out 53.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cathay General Bancorp pays out 34.3% 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. Orrstown Financial Services has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Orrstown Financial Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Cathay General Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Orrstown Financial Services. Cathay General Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orrstown Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
44.3% of Orrstown Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Orrstown Financial Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Cathay General Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Orrstown Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Cathay General Bancorp and 4 mentions for Orrstown Financial Services. Cathay General Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Orrstown Financial Services' score of 0.47 indicating that Cathay General Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Orrstown Financial Services has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cathay General Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cathay General Bancorp beats Orrstown Financial Services on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ORRF) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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