TBBK vs. BANC, FCF, CHCO, NBHC, EBSB, FHN, WAL, WBS, CBSH, and ZION
Should you be buying Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bancorp include Banc of California (BANC), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), City (CHCO), National Bank (NBHC), Meridian Bancorp (EBSB), First Horizon (FHN), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), and Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Bancorp (NASDAQ:TBBK) and Banc of California (NYSE:BANC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Banc of California had 1 more articles in the media than Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Banc of California and 37 mentions for Bancorp. Banc of California's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Bancorp's score of -0.08 indicating that Banc of California is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bancorp has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banc of California has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bancorp has a net margin of 31.40% compared to Banc of California's net margin of -21.99%. Bancorp's return on equity of 26.62% beat Banc of California's return on equity.
Bancorp received 34 more outperform votes than Banc of California when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.43% of users gave Bancorp an outperform vote while only 58.27% of users gave Banc of California an outperform vote.
96.2% of Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Banc of California shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Banc of California shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $50.33, suggesting a potential downside of 3.28%. Banc of California has a consensus target price of $15.69, suggesting a potential upside of 9.09%. Given Banc of California's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Banc of California is more favorable than Bancorp.
Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Banc of California. Banc of California is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Bancorp beats Banc of California on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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