TCBK vs. BANR, BUSE, FFBC, FRME, NWBI, STBA, TOWN, UVSP, WSBC, and FCF
Should you be buying TriCo Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TriCo Bancshares include Banner (BANR), First Busey (BUSE), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Towne Bank (TOWN), Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP), WesBanco (WSBC), and First Commonwealth Financial (FCF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
TriCo Bancshares vs. Its Competitors
TriCo Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBK) and Banner (NASDAQ:BANR) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.
TriCo Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Banner pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. TriCo Bancshares pays out 42.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banner pays out 36.6% 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. TriCo Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
59.1% of TriCo Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Banner shares are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of TriCo Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Banner 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.
TriCo Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $47.60, indicating a potential upside of 9.15%. Banner has a consensus price target of $70.17, indicating a potential upside of 9.77%. Given Banner's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Banner is more favorable than TriCo Bancshares.
Banner has higher revenue and earnings than TriCo Bancshares. Banner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TriCo Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TriCo Bancshares has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banner has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Banner has a net margin of 21.15% compared to TriCo Bancshares' net margin of 21.11%. Banner's return on equity of 10.06% beat TriCo Bancshares' return on equity.
In the previous week, Banner had 11 more articles in the media than TriCo Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Banner and 2 mentions for TriCo Bancshares. TriCo Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Banner's score of 0.75 indicating that TriCo Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Banner beats TriCo Bancshares on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:TCBK) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
