OSBC vs. CTBI, GSBC, FCBC, EGBN, FMBH, CNOB, AMAL, MBWM, TRST, and HTBK
Should you be buying Old Second Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Old Second Bancorp include Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), and Heritage Commerce (HTBK). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Old Second Bancorp vs.
Community Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:CTBI) and Old Second Bancorp (NASDAQ:OSBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
58.7% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.9% of Old Second Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Old Second Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Old Second Bancorp received 95 more outperform votes than Community Trust Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.60% of users gave Old Second Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.24% of users gave Community Trust Bancorp an outperform vote.
Community Trust Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Old Second Bancorp. Old Second Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Community Trust Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Community Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Old Second Bancorp has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Old Second Bancorp has a net margin of 30.18% compared to Old Second Bancorp's net margin of 27.62%. Community Trust Bancorp's return on equity of 19.45% beat Old Second Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, Community Trust Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Old Second Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Community Trust Bancorp and 0 mentions for Old Second Bancorp. Old Second Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Community Trust Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Community Trust Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Community Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Old Second Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Community Trust Bancorp pays out 40.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Old Second Bancorp pays out 9.9% 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. Community Trust Bancorp has raised its dividend for 43 consecutive years. Community Trust Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Old Second Bancorp has a consensus target price of $18.67, suggesting a potential upside of 37.76%. Given Community Trust Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Old Second Bancorp is more favorable than Community Trust Bancorp.
Summary
Old Second Bancorp beats Community Trust Bancorp on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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