TriCo Bancshares (TCBK) Competitors

TriCo Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBK) and Columbia Banking System (NASDAQ:COLB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.

Is TCBK or COLB a better dividend stock?

TriCo Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Columbia Banking System pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. TriCo Bancshares pays out 38.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Columbia Banking System pays out 61.0% 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. TriCo Bancshares has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Columbia Banking System has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Do analysts recommend TCBK or COLB?

TriCo Bancshares presently has a consensus price target of $47.80, suggesting a potential upside of 19.34%. Columbia Banking System has a consensus price target of $29.64, suggesting a potential upside of 22.97%. Given Columbia Banking System's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Columbia Banking System is more favorable than TriCo Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TriCo Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Columbia Banking System	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Does the media prefer TCBK or COLB?

In the previous week, Columbia Banking System had 10 more articles in the media than TriCo Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Columbia Banking System and 4 mentions for TriCo Bancshares. TriCo Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Columbia Banking System's score of 1.00 indicating that TriCo Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TriCo Bancshares	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Columbia Banking System	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TCBK or COLB?

Columbia Banking System received 14 more outperform votes than TriCo Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.11% of users gave TriCo Bancshares an outperform vote while only 42.02% of users gave Columbia Banking System an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TriCo Bancshares	Outperform Votes 257 54.11%	Underperform Votes 218 45.89%
Columbia Banking System	Outperform Votes 271 42.02%	Underperform Votes 374 57.98%

Is TCBK or COLB more profitable?

TriCo Bancshares has a net margin of 21.63% compared to Columbia Banking System's net margin of 17.99%. Columbia Banking System's return on equity of 11.21% beat TriCo Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TriCo Bancshares	21.63%	9.63%	1.17%
Columbia Banking System	17.99%	11.21%	1.10%

Which has more risk and volatility, TCBK or COLB?

TriCo Bancshares has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbia Banking System has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TCBK or COLB?

Columbia Banking System has higher revenue and earnings than TriCo Bancshares. Columbia Banking System is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TriCo 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
TriCo Bancshares	$388.65M	3.39	$114.87M	$3.43	11.68
Columbia Banking System	$1.95B	2.60	$533.67M	$2.36	10.21

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TCBK or COLB?

59.1% of TriCo Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Columbia Banking System shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of TriCo Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Columbia Banking System shares are owned 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.

Summary

TriCo Bancshares beats Columbia Banking System on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.