TRMK vs. NBTB, FMBI, NWBI, FFBC, HOPE, WBS, CBSH, CFR, ZION, and PNFP
Should you be buying Trustmark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trustmark include NBT Bancorp (NBTB), First Midwest Bancorp (FMBI), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), and Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Trustmark (NASDAQ:TRMK) and NBT Bancorp (NASDAQ:NBTB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
Trustmark pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. NBT Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. 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. Trustmark is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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 currently has a consensus price target of $35.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.19%. NBT Bancorp has a consensus price target of $42.60, indicating a potential downside of 14.53%. Given Trustmark's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Trustmark is more favorable than NBT Bancorp.
67.6% of Trustmark shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.5% of NBT Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Trustmark shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of NBT Bancorp shares are held 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.
Trustmark has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NBT Bancorp has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, NBT Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Trustmark. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for NBT Bancorp and 24 mentions for Trustmark. Trustmark's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat NBT Bancorp's score of 0.10 indicating that Trustmark is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Trustmark received 53 more outperform votes than NBT Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.24% of users gave NBT Bancorp an outperform vote while only 50.63% of users gave Trustmark an outperform vote.
Trustmark has a net margin of 16.24% compared to NBT Bancorp's net margin of 16.15%. NBT Bancorp's return on equity of 9.64% beat Trustmark's return on equity.
Summary
Trustmark and NBT Bancorp tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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