Veritex (VBTX) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, FLG or VBTX?

Flagstar Financial has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veritex has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

67.9% of Flagstar Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of Veritex shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of Flagstar Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Veritex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor FLG or VBTX?

In the previous week, Flagstar Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Veritex. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Flagstar Financial and 17 mentions for Veritex. Veritex's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Flagstar Financial's score of 0.58 indicating that Veritex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Flagstar Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Veritex	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FLG or VBTX?

Veritex received 238 more outperform votes than Flagstar Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.28% of users gave Veritex an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave Flagstar Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Flagstar Financial	Outperform Votes 3 42.86%	Underperform Votes 4 57.14%
Veritex	Outperform Votes 241 51.28%	Underperform Votes 229 48.72%

Is FLG or VBTX a better dividend stock?

Flagstar Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Veritex pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Flagstar Financial pays out -1.5% 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.

Is FLG or VBTX more profitable?

Veritex has a net margin of 13.44% compared to Flagstar Financial's net margin of -17.16%. Veritex's return on equity of 7.59% beat Flagstar Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flagstar Financial	-17.16%	-10.72%	-0.76%
Veritex	13.44%	7.59%	0.93%

Do analysts recommend FLG or VBTX?

Flagstar Financial currently has a consensus target price of $13.25, indicating a potential upside of 11.63%. Veritex has a consensus target price of $30.25, indicating a potential upside of 28.89%. Given Veritex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Veritex is more favorable than Flagstar Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flagstar Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Veritex	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FLG or VBTX?

Veritex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Flagstar Financial. Flagstar Financial 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
Flagstar Financial	$2.32B	2.12	-$1.09B	-$2.60	-4.57
Veritex	$435.91M	2.93	$107.24M	$2.04	11.50

Summary

Veritex beats Flagstar Financial on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.