TRMK vs. FCF, CHCO, WSBC, NBHC, NBTB, WABC, FRME, HOPE, SASR, and TBBK
Should you be buying Trustmark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trustmark include First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), City (CHCO), WesBanco (WSBC), National Bank (NBHC), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), First Merchants (FRME), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), and Bancorp (TBBK). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Trustmark vs.
First Commonwealth Financial (NYSE:FCF) and Trustmark (NASDAQ:TRMK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
First Commonwealth Financial has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trustmark has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Trustmark received 3 more outperform votes than First Commonwealth Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.36% of users gave First Commonwealth Financial an outperform vote while only 53.31% of users gave Trustmark an outperform vote.
First Commonwealth Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Trustmark. First Commonwealth Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trustmark, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Commonwealth Financial currently has a consensus price target of $15.60, indicating a potential upside of 11.99%. Trustmark has a consensus price target of $33.17, indicating a potential upside of 44.45%. Given Trustmark's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Trustmark is more favorable than First Commonwealth Financial.
First Commonwealth Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Trustmark pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. First Commonwealth Financial pays out 36.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trustmark pays out 60.9% 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. First Commonwealth Financial has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Trustmark had 1 more articles in the media than First Commonwealth Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Trustmark and 1 mentions for First Commonwealth Financial. First Commonwealth Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Trustmark's score of 0.92 indicating that First Commonwealth Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
69.5% of First Commonwealth Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Trustmark shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of First Commonwealth Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Trustmark shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
First Commonwealth Financial has a net margin of 27.75% compared to Trustmark's net margin of 10.91%. First Commonwealth Financial's return on equity of 13.53% beat Trustmark's return on equity.
Summary
First Commonwealth Financial beats Trustmark on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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