Trinity Capital (TRIN) Competitors

ServisFirst Bancshares (NYSE:SFBS) and Trinity Capital (NASDAQ:TRIN) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Is SFBS or TRIN more profitable?

Trinity Capital has a net margin of 51.88% compared to ServisFirst Bancshares' net margin of 24.62%. Trinity Capital's return on equity of 15.72% beat ServisFirst Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ServisFirst Bancshares	24.62%	15.47%	1.46%
Trinity Capital	51.88%	15.72%	7.08%

Which has more volatility and risk, SFBS or TRIN?

ServisFirst Bancshares has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinity Capital has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SFBS or TRIN a better dividend stock?

ServisFirst Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Trinity Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. ServisFirst Bancshares pays out 29.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trinity Capital pays out 91.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ServisFirst Bancshares has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Trinity Capital has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SFBS or TRIN?

67.3% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.6% of Trinity Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Trinity Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, SFBS or TRIN?

ServisFirst Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Trinity Capital. Trinity Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ServisFirst 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
ServisFirst Bancshares	$981.18M	4.61	$227.24M	$4.57	18.11
Trinity Capital	$237.69M	4.66	$115.60M	$2.23	7.07

Do analysts rate SFBS or TRIN?

ServisFirst Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $90.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.33%. Trinity Capital has a consensus target price of $15.75, suggesting a potential downside of 0.13%. Given ServisFirst Bancshares' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe ServisFirst Bancshares is more favorable than Trinity Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ServisFirst Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Trinity Capital	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the media prefer SFBS or TRIN?

In the previous week, ServisFirst Bancshares had 6 more articles in the media than Trinity Capital. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for ServisFirst Bancshares and 2 mentions for Trinity Capital. Trinity Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat ServisFirst Bancshares' score of 1.28 indicating that Trinity Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ServisFirst Bancshares	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trinity Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

ServisFirst Bancshares beats Trinity Capital on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.