VBTX vs. TBK, SRCE, TCBK, BUSE, SBSI, OZK, GBCI, UBSI, COLB, and HWC
Should you be buying Veritex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veritex include Triumph Financial (TBK), 1st Source (SRCE), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), First Busey (BUSE), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Bank OZK (OZK), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), United Bankshares (UBSI), Columbia Banking System (COLB), and Hancock Whitney (HWC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Veritex (NASDAQ:VBTX) and Triumph Financial (NASDAQ:TBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.
88.3% of Veritex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Triumph Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Veritex shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Triumph Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Veritex presently has a consensus target price of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.52%.
Triumph Financial received 149 more outperform votes than Veritex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.22% of users gave Triumph Financial an outperform vote while only 50.77% of users gave Veritex an outperform vote.
Veritex has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Triumph Financial has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Triumph Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Veritex. Triumph Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veritex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Veritex had 19 more articles in the media than Triumph Financial. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Veritex and 1 mentions for Triumph Financial. Veritex's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Triumph Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Veritex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Triumph Financial has a net margin of 21.97% compared to Veritex's net margin of 11.52%. Triumph Financial's return on equity of 10.77% beat Veritex's return on equity.
Summary
Triumph Financial beats Veritex on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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