TRST vs. ABTX, LBAI, CTBI, BMTC, OBNK, PFS, AGM, BANC, NWBI, and BHLB
Should you be buying TrustCo Bank Corp NY stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TrustCo Bank Corp NY include Allegiance Bancshares (ABTX), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Bryn Mawr Bank (BMTC), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), Banc of California (BANC), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), and Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Allegiance Bancshares (NASDAQ:ABTX) and TrustCo Bank Corp NY (NASDAQ:TRST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, TrustCo Bank Corp NY had 16 more articles in the media than Allegiance Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for TrustCo Bank Corp NY and 0 mentions for Allegiance Bancshares. Allegiance Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat TrustCo Bank Corp NY's score of 0.15 indicating that TrustCo Bank Corp NY is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Allegiance Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than TrustCo Bank Corp NY. Allegiance Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TrustCo Bank Corp NY, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Allegiance Bancshares has a net margin of 28.90% compared to Allegiance Bancshares' net margin of 19.22%. TrustCo Bank Corp NY's return on equity of 9.86% beat Allegiance Bancshares' return on equity.
Allegiance Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. TrustCo Bank Corp NY pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Allegiance Bancshares pays out 15.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TrustCo Bank Corp NY pays out 51.6% 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.
59.6% of Allegiance Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.6% of TrustCo Bank Corp NY shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Allegiance Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of TrustCo Bank Corp NY shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Allegiance Bancshares has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TrustCo Bank Corp NY has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Allegiance Bancshares received 35 more outperform votes than TrustCo Bank Corp NY when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.44% of users gave TrustCo Bank Corp NY an outperform vote while only 43.64% of users gave Allegiance Bancshares an outperform vote.
Summary
Allegiance Bancshares beats TrustCo Bank Corp NY on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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