Republic Bancorp (RBCAA) Competitors

First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) and Republic Bancorp (NASDAQ:RBCAA) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BUSE or RBCAA?

56.5% of First Busey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Republic Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of First Busey shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 56.4% of Republic Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer BUSE or RBCAA?

First Busey presently has a consensus target price of $27.67, indicating a potential upside of 13.30%. Republic Bancorp has a consensus target price of $69.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.32%. Given First Busey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe First Busey is more favorable than Republic Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Busey	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Republic Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is BUSE or RBCAA more profitable?

Republic Bancorp has a net margin of 22.94% compared to First Busey's net margin of 8.32%. Republic Bancorp's return on equity of 11.92% beat First Busey's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Busey	8.32%	8.46%	0.96%
Republic Bancorp	22.94%	11.92%	1.73%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BUSE or RBCAA?

First Busey has higher revenue and earnings than Republic Bancorp. Republic Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Busey, 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
First Busey	$663.36M	3.29	$113.69M	$1.07	22.82
Republic Bancorp	$505.64M	2.91	$101.37M	$6.07	12.40

Is BUSE or RBCAA a better dividend stock?

First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Republic Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. First Busey pays out 93.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Republic Bancorp pays out 29.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Republic Bancorp has increased its dividend for 27 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer BUSE or RBCAA?

In the previous week, First Busey had 12 more articles in the media than Republic Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for First Busey and 3 mentions for Republic Bancorp. First Busey's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Republic Bancorp's score of 0.62 indicating that First Busey is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Busey	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Republic Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, BUSE or RBCAA?

First Busey has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Republic Bancorp has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

First Busey beats Republic Bancorp on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.