TBBK vs. WSBC, CHCO, NBTB, FCF, TRMK, WABC, NBHC, HOPE, FRME, and FFBC
Should you be buying Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bancorp include WesBanco (WSBC), City (CHCO), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Trustmark (TRMK), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), National Bank (NBHC), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), First Merchants (FRME), and First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Bancorp (NASDAQ:TBBK) and WesBanco (NASDAQ:WSBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Bancorp had 16 more articles in the media than WesBanco. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Bancorp and 0 mentions for WesBanco. Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat WesBanco's score of 0.00 indicating that Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bancorp received 79 more outperform votes than WesBanco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.36% of users gave Bancorp an outperform vote while only 51.46% of users gave WesBanco an outperform vote.
Bancorp has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WesBanco has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than WesBanco. Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WesBanco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 51.00%. WesBanco has a consensus price target of $30.60, indicating a potential upside of 7.63%. Given Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bancorp is more favorable than WesBanco.
Bancorp has a net margin of 39.94% compared to WesBanco's net margin of 17.52%. Bancorp's return on equity of 26.32% beat WesBanco's return on equity.
96.2% of Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of WesBanco shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of WesBanco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Bancorp beats WesBanco on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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