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VBTX vs. OZK, FLG, VLY, PFSI, UPST, HWC, BBAR, SFBS, AX, and ASB

Should you be buying Veritex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veritex include Bank OZK (OZK), Flagstar Financial (FLG), Valley National Bancorp (VLY), PennyMac Financial Services (PFSI), Upstart (UPST), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), Axos Financial (AX), and Associated Banc (ASB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Veritex vs.

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

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 3.6%. 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 increased its dividend for 29 consecutive years and Veritex has increased 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.

Bank OZK presently has a consensus price target of $49.13, suggesting a potential upside of 9.46%. Veritex has a consensus price target of $30.25, suggesting a potential upside of 24.90%. Given Veritex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Veritex is more favorable than Bank OZK.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bank OZK
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Veritex
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bank OZKOutperform Votes
174
44.62%
Underperform Votes
216
55.38%
VeritexOutperform Votes
241
51.28%
Underperform Votes
229
48.72%

In the previous week, Bank OZK had 10 more articles in the media than Veritex. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Bank OZK and 2 mentions for Veritex. Veritex's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Bank OZK's score of 1.29 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
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Veritex
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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 OZK25.83% 13.90% 1.93%
Veritex 13.44%7.59%0.93%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bank OZK$1.66B3.06$716.46M$6.107.36
Veritex$435.91M3.02$107.24M$2.0411.87

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 insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Veritex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Bank OZK has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veritex has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bank OZK beats Veritex on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VBTX vs. The Competition

MetricVeritexState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.31B$3.24B$11.49B$8.38B
Dividend Yield3.50%3.69%5.46%4.10%
P/E Ratio12.4223.8022.4819.71
Price / Sales3.023.0827.28116.98
Price / Cash11.0310.6317.6234.62
Price / Book0.821.192.794.50
Net Income$107.24M$372.21M$1.04B$248.18M
7 Day Performance-3.12%-2.08%0.34%1.14%
1 Month Performance12.49%8.22%8.69%15.18%
1 Year Performance11.66%15.62%537.74%6.55%

Veritex Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VBTX
Veritex
4.7427 of 5 stars
$24.22
-3.4%
$30.25
+24.9%
+15.8%$1.31B$435.91M12.42770Positive News
OZK
Bank OZK
4.0248 of 5 stars
$46.31
+3.8%
$49.13
+6.1%
-3.4%$5.25B$1.66B7.542,650Positive News
FLG
Flagstar Financial
1.6005 of 5 stars
$12.43
+3.6%
$13.25
+6.6%
N/A$5.16B$2.32B-3.378,766Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
VLY
Valley National Bancorp
4.5637 of 5 stars
$9.20
+4.4%
$10.67
+15.9%
+16.8%$5.15B$1.87B13.333,830News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
PFSI
PennyMac Financial Services
4.894 of 5 stars
$98.93
+1.4%
$121.17
+22.5%
+7.4%$5.11B$2.98B16.944,140Insider Trade
UPST
Upstart
4.0208 of 5 stars
$52.96
+12.3%
$63.81
+20.5%
+82.5%$5.04B$714.41M-36.271,880Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.7008 of 5 stars
$57.58
+5.3%
$61.25
+6.4%
+19.3%$4.96B$1.45B10.913,630News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
BBAR
Banco BBVA Argentina
2.7229 of 5 stars
$21.34
+4.6%
$27.00
+26.6%
+88.2%$4.36B$3.43T11.115,850Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SFBS
ServisFirst Bancshares
3.2349 of 5 stars
$78.70
+5.5%
$87.50
+11.2%
+17.0%$4.30B$498.08M18.92570Positive News
AX
Axos Financial
3.3765 of 5 stars
$72.19
+4.9%
$81.50
+12.9%
+17.5%$4.07B$1.21B9.701,340Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
ASB
Associated Banc
4.8562 of 5 stars
$24.39
+5.1%
$26.00
+6.6%
+9.7%$4.04B$1.05B30.874,100Positive News
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:VBTX) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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