TBBK vs. TRMK, NBTB, PACW, CHCO, WSBC, FCF, HOPE, WABC, NBHC, and SASR
Should you be buying Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bancorp include Trustmark (TRMK), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), PacWest Bancorp (PACW), City (CHCO), WesBanco (WSBC), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), National Bank (NBHC), and Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Bancorp vs.
Trustmark (NASDAQ:TRMK) and Bancorp (NASDAQ:TBBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.
Bancorp received 55 more outperform votes than Trustmark when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.23% of users gave Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.92% of users gave Trustmark an outperform vote.
Trustmark has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bancorp has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Trustmark had 1 more articles in the media than Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Trustmark and 3 mentions for Bancorp. Trustmark's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Bancorp's score of 0.43 indicating that Trustmark is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Trustmark presently has a consensus price target of $34.20, indicating a potential upside of 34.07%. Bancorp has a consensus price target of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.86%. Given Trustmark's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Trustmark is more favorable than Bancorp.
Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Trustmark. Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trustmark, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
65.8% of Trustmark shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Trustmark shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bancorp has a net margin of 31.45% compared to Trustmark's net margin of 9.47%. Bancorp's return on equity of 19.53% beat Trustmark's return on equity.
Summary
Bancorp beats Trustmark on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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