RBCAA vs. SBSI, GABC, LBAI, PFBC, PEBO, STBA, SRCE, EGBN, TCBK, and BUSE
Should you be buying Republic Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Republic Bancorp include Southside Bancshares (SBSI), German American Bancorp (GABC), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Preferred Bank (PFBC), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), S&T Bancorp (STBA), 1st Source (SRCE), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), and First Busey (BUSE). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Republic Bancorp (NASDAQ:RBCAA) and Southside Bancshares (NASDAQ:SBSI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
In the previous week, Southside Bancshares had 10 more articles in the media than Republic Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Southside Bancshares and 4 mentions for Republic Bancorp. Republic Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Southside Bancshares' score of 0.03 indicating that Republic Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
23.7% of Republic Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.5% of Southside Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.5% of Republic Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Southside Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Republic Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Southside Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Republic Bancorp pays out 33.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southside Bancshares pays out 41.8% 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.
Southside Bancshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Republic Bancorp. Southside Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Republic Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Republic Bancorp has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southside Bancshares has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Southside Bancshares received 8 more outperform votes than Republic Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.69% of users gave Republic Bancorp an outperform vote while only 43.03% of users gave Southside Bancshares an outperform vote.
Republic Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $50.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.57%. Southside Bancshares has a consensus price target of $33.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.50%. Given Southside Bancshares' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Southside Bancshares is more favorable than Republic Bancorp.
Southside Bancshares has a net margin of 29.88% compared to Republic Bancorp's net margin of 23.14%. Southside Bancshares' return on equity of 14.37% beat Republic Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
Republic Bancorp beats Southside Bancshares on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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