Veritex (VBTX) Competitors

Bank OZK (NASDAQ:OZK) and Veritex (NASDAQ:VBTX) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, OZK or VBTX?

Bank OZK has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veritex has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in OZK or VBTX?

86.2% of Bank OZK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of Veritex shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Bank OZK shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Veritex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, OZK or VBTX?

Bank OZK has higher revenue and earnings than Veritex. Bank OZK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veritex, 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
Bank OZK	$1.66B	3.12	$716.46M	$6.10	7.50
Veritex	$435.91M	3.13	$107.24M	$2.04	12.33

Does the media refer more to OZK or VBTX?

In the previous week, Bank OZK had 6 more articles in the media than Veritex. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Bank OZK and 2 mentions for Veritex. Veritex's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Bank OZK's score of 0.74 indicating that Veritex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bank OZK	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Veritex	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts recommend OZK or VBTX?

Bank OZK currently has a consensus price target of $50.86, indicating a potential upside of 11.24%. Veritex has a consensus price target of $30.25, indicating a potential upside of 20.28%. Given Veritex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Veritex is more favorable than Bank OZK.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bank OZK	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
Veritex	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is OZK or VBTX more profitable?

Bank OZK has a net margin of 25.83% compared to Veritex's net margin of 13.44%. Bank OZK's return on equity of 13.90% beat Veritex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank OZK	25.83%	13.90%	1.93%
Veritex	13.44%	7.59%	0.93%

Is OZK or VBTX a better dividend stock?

Bank OZK pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Veritex pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Bank OZK pays out 28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Veritex pays out 43.1% 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. Bank OZK has raised its dividend for 29 consecutive years and Veritex has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Bank OZK is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OZK or VBTX?

Veritex received 67 more outperform votes than Bank OZK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.28% of users gave Veritex an outperform vote while only 44.62% of users gave Bank OZK an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank OZK	Outperform Votes 174 44.62%	Underperform Votes 216 55.38%
Veritex	Outperform Votes 241 51.28%	Underperform Votes 229 48.72%

Summary

Bank OZK beats Veritex on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.