PCB Bancorp (PCB) Competitors

Origin Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBK) and PCB Bancorp (NASDAQ:PCB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OBK or PCB?

Origin Bancorp received 7 more outperform votes than PCB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.61% of users gave Origin Bancorp an outperform vote while only 41.38% of users gave PCB Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Origin Bancorp	Outperform Votes 19 82.61%	Underperform Votes 4 17.39%
PCB Bancorp	Outperform Votes 12 41.38%	Underperform Votes 17 58.62%

Is OBK or PCB a better dividend stock?

Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. PCB Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Origin Bancorp pays out 24.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PCB Bancorp pays out 41.2% 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. PCB Bancorp has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. PCB Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate OBK or PCB?

Origin Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $42.20, indicating a potential upside of 23.09%. PCB Bancorp has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.84%. Given Origin Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Origin Bancorp is more favorable than PCB Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Origin Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
PCB Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, OBK or PCB?

Origin Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than PCB Bancorp. PCB Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Origin Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Origin Bancorp	$358.20M	2.98	$76.49M	$2.44	14.05
PCB Bancorp	$102.63M	2.79	$25.81M	$1.94	10.32

Is OBK or PCB more profitable?

PCB Bancorp has a net margin of 13.45% compared to Origin Bancorp's net margin of 12.34%. PCB Bancorp's return on equity of 9.02% beat Origin Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Origin Bancorp	12.34%	6.91%	0.77%
PCB Bancorp	13.45%	9.02%	0.90%

Which has more risk and volatility, OBK or PCB?

Origin Bancorp has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PCB Bancorp has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of OBK or PCB?

54.7% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of PCB Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.9% of PCB Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer OBK or PCB?

In the previous week, PCB Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Origin Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for PCB Bancorp and 0 mentions for Origin Bancorp. Origin Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat PCB Bancorp's score of 0.54 indicating that Origin Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Origin Bancorp	Very Positive
PCB Bancorp	Positive

Summary

Origin Bancorp beats PCB Bancorp on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.