TRMK vs. NBTB, WSBC, CHCO, TBBK, FCF, HOPE, NBHC, WABC, FRME, and FFBC
Should you be buying Trustmark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trustmark include NBT Bancorp (NBTB), WesBanco (WSBC), City (CHCO), Bancorp (TBBK), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), National Bank (NBHC), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), First Merchants (FRME), and First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Trustmark (NASDAQ:TRMK) and NBT Bancorp (NASDAQ:NBTB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and profitability.
67.6% of Trustmark shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.5% of NBT Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Trustmark shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of NBT Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Trustmark has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NBT Bancorp has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Trustmark had 6 more articles in the media than NBT Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Trustmark and 20 mentions for NBT Bancorp. Trustmark's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat NBT Bancorp's score of 0.54 indicating that Trustmark is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Trustmark received 54 more outperform votes than NBT Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.38% of users gave NBT Bancorp an outperform vote while only 51.08% of users gave Trustmark an outperform vote.
Trustmark currently has a consensus target price of $32.25, indicating a potential upside of 7.86%. NBT Bancorp has a consensus target price of $41.20, indicating a potential upside of 13.91%. Given NBT Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NBT Bancorp is more favorable than Trustmark.
NBT Bancorp has a net margin of 16.71% compared to Trustmark's net margin of 13.82%. NBT Bancorp's return on equity of 10.20% beat Trustmark's return on equity.
Trustmark has higher revenue and earnings than NBT Bancorp. Trustmark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NBT Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Trustmark pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. NBT Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Trustmark pays out 35.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NBT Bancorp pays out 49.4% 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.
Summary
NBT Bancorp beats Trustmark on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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