RBB vs. BWB, EBTC, MPB, ACNB, FFIC, FRST, RRBI, MOFG, WTBA, and HMST
Should you be buying RBB Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RBB Bancorp include Bridgewater Bancshares (BWB), Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), ACNB (ACNB), Flushing Financial (FFIC), Primis Financial (FRST), Red River Bancshares (RRBI), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), West Bancorporation (WTBA), and HomeStreet (HMST). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
RBB Bancorp (NASDAQ:RBB) and Bridgewater Bancshares (NASDAQ:BWB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
RBB Bancorp received 30 more outperform votes than Bridgewater Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.64% of users gave RBB Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Bridgewater Bancshares an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Bridgewater Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than RBB Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Bridgewater Bancshares and 2 mentions for RBB Bancorp. RBB Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Bridgewater Bancshares' score of 0.85 indicating that RBB Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RBB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Bridgewater Bancshares. RBB Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridgewater Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RBB Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $17.33, indicating a potential downside of 3.76%. Bridgewater Bancshares has a consensus target price of $15.75, indicating a potential upside of 35.31%. Given Bridgewater Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bridgewater Bancshares is more favorable than RBB Bancorp.
40.1% of RBB Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of RBB Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.2% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
RBB Bancorp has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgewater Bancshares has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
RBB Bancorp has a net margin of 19.06% compared to Bridgewater Bancshares' net margin of 17.46%. Bridgewater Bancshares' return on equity of 11.53% beat RBB Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
RBB Bancorp beats Bridgewater Bancshares on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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