VBTX vs. OBNK, GABC, SBSI, TMP, EGBN, LBAI, LOB, SRCE, BUSE, and MBIN
Should you be buying Veritex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veritex include Origin Bancorp (OBNK), German American Bancorp (GABC), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Tompkins Financial (TMP), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), 1st Source (SRCE), First Busey (BUSE), and Merchants Bancorp (MBIN). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Veritex vs.
Veritex (NASDAQ:VBTX) and Origin Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBNK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.
Veritex has higher revenue and earnings than Origin Bancorp. Veritex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Origin Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Veritex received 93 more outperform votes than Origin Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.71% of users gave Origin Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.44% of users gave Veritex an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Veritex had 3 more articles in the media than Origin Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Veritex and 3 mentions for Origin Bancorp. Origin Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Veritex's score of 0.19 indicating that Origin Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
85.9% of Veritex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Veritex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Veritex has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Origin Bancorp has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Veritex pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Veritex pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Origin Bancorp pays out 18.2% 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.
Veritex has a net margin of 29.13% compared to Origin Bancorp's net margin of 22.85%. Origin Bancorp's return on equity of 11.03% beat Veritex's return on equity.
Veritex presently has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 72.16%. Origin Bancorp has a consensus target price of $44.67, suggesting a potential upside of 31.76%. Given Veritex's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Veritex is more favorable than Origin Bancorp.
Summary
Veritex beats Origin Bancorp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VBTX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
