Red River Bancshares (RRBI) Competitors

Burke & Herbert Financial Services (NASDAQ:BHRB) and Red River Bancshares (NASDAQ:RRBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BHRB or RRBI?

27.6% of Red River Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 10.9% of Burke & Herbert Financial Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Red River Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer BHRB or RRBI?

In the previous week, Red River Bancshares had 4 more articles in the media than Burke & Herbert Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Red River Bancshares and 1 mentions for Burke & Herbert Financial Services. Burke & Herbert Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Red River Bancshares' score of 0.61 indicating that Burke & Herbert Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Burke & Herbert Financial Services	Very Positive
Red River Bancshares	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, BHRB or RRBI?

Burke & Herbert Financial Services has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Red River Bancshares has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BHRB or RRBI a better dividend stock?

Burke & Herbert Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Red River Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Burke & Herbert Financial Services pays out 31.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Red River Bancshares pays out 8.5% 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. Burke & Herbert Financial Services has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Red River Bancshares has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Is BHRB or RRBI more profitable?

Red River Bancshares has a net margin of 23.62% compared to Burke & Herbert Financial Services' net margin of 20.93%. Burke & Herbert Financial Services' return on equity of 15.39% beat Red River Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Burke & Herbert Financial Services	20.93%	15.39%	1.44%
Red River Bancshares	23.62%	11.76%	1.23%

Do analysts prefer BHRB or RRBI?

Burke & Herbert Financial Services presently has a consensus target price of $71.67, suggesting a potential upside of 19.50%. Red River Bancshares has a consensus target price of $67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.96%. Given Burke & Herbert Financial Services' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Burke & Herbert Financial Services is more favorable than Red River Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Burke & Herbert Financial Services	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Red River Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BHRB or RRBI?

Burke & Herbert Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than Red River Bancshares. Burke & Herbert Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Red River Bancshares, 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
Burke & Herbert Financial Services	$402.33M	2.24	$35.71M	$6.89	8.70
Red River Bancshares	$157.67M	2.73	$34.24M	$5.67	11.37

Summary

Burke & Herbert Financial Services beats Red River Bancshares on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.