QCRH vs. GABC, RBCAA, BY, PEBO, OBNK, OBK, SBSI, PFBC, VBTX, and TCBK
Should you be buying QCR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of QCR include German American Bancorp (GABC), Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), Byline Bancorp (BY), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Preferred Bank (PFBC), Veritex (VBTX), and TriCo Bancshares (TCBK). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
QCR (NASDAQ:QCRH) and German American Bancorp (NASDAQ:GABC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings and risk.
QCR received 41 more outperform votes than German American Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.62% of users gave QCR an outperform vote while only 53.75% of users gave German American Bancorp an outperform vote.
QCR currently has a consensus target price of $72.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.20%. German American Bancorp has a consensus target price of $37.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.39%. Given QCR's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe QCR is more favorable than German American Bancorp.
QCR has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, German American Bancorp has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, QCR had 3 more articles in the media than German American Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for QCR and 0 mentions for German American Bancorp. QCR's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat German American Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that QCR is being referred to more favorably in the media.
QCR pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. German American Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. QCR pays out 3.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. German American Bancorp pays out 37.0% 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.
70.0% of QCR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.9% of German American Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of QCR shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of German American Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
German American Bancorp has a net margin of 27.10% compared to QCR's net margin of 20.80%. German American Bancorp's return on equity of 14.26% beat QCR's return on equity.
QCR has higher revenue and earnings than German American Bancorp. QCR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than German American Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
QCR beats German American Bancorp on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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