Veritex (VBTX) Competitors

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VBTX vs. OZK, PFSI, VLY, HWC, FLG, SFBS, BBAR, RIOT, AX, and UCB

Should you be buying Veritex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veritex include Bank OZK (OZK), PennyMac Financial Services (PFSI), Valley National Bancorp (VLY), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Flagstar Financial (FLG), ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Axos Financial (AX), and United Community Banks (UCB). 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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and community ranking.

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$2.77B2.12$716.46M$6.148.45
Veritex$797.62M1.82$107.24M$1.9513.63

Veritex received 64 more outperform votes than Bank OZK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.18% of users gave Veritex an outperform vote while only 45.08% of users gave Bank OZK an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bank OZKOutperform Votes
174
45.08%
Underperform Votes
212
54.92%
VeritexOutperform Votes
238
51.18%
Underperform Votes
227
48.82%

Bank OZK pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Veritex pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Bank OZK pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Veritex pays out 41.0% 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. Bank OZK is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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 a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veritex has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

86.2% of Bank OZK shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of Veritex shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of Bank OZK shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Veritex 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.

In the previous week, Bank OZK had 13 more articles in the media than Veritex. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Bank OZK and 6 mentions for Veritex. Veritex's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Bank OZK's score of 1.01 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
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Veritex
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Bank OZK presently has a consensus target price of $50.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.59%. Veritex has a consensus target price of $31.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.51%. Given Veritex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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
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)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

Summary

Bank OZK beats Veritex on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VBTX vs. The Competition

MetricVeritexState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.51B$3.29B$12.05B$9.18B
Dividend Yield2.89%3.53%5.90%4.00%
P/E Ratio13.6323.8621.3114.74
Price / Sales1.822.2227.7078.63
Price / Cash11.6611.0818.3338.90
Price / Book0.901.282.745.05
Net Income$107.24M$366.33M$1.03B$222.67M
7 Day Performance-1.59%-0.27%0.55%2.11%
1 Month Performance-0.41%3.24%3.13%2.36%
1 Year Performance26.63%22.95%16.32%16.83%

Veritex Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VBTX
Veritex
4.8512 of 5 stars
$26.58
-0.5%
$31.50
+18.5%
+31.7%$1.51B$797.62M13.63770Short Interest ↓
Positive News
OZK
Bank OZK
3.9997 of 5 stars
$49.64
-2.3%
$50.00
+0.7%
+21.7%$5.63B$1.65B8.082,744News Coverage
Positive News
PFSI
PennyMac Financial Services
4.7761 of 5 stars
$101.75
-2.8%
$122.17
+20.1%
+15.2%$5.22B$1.59B17.423,900
VLY
Valley National Bancorp
4.3499 of 5 stars
$10.05
-2.2%
$10.67
+6.1%
+19.3%$5.12B$3.58B14.573,749
HWC
Hancock Whitney
3.9867 of 5 stars
$58.84
-1.5%
$62.56
+6.3%
+40.2%$5.06B$2.06B11.143,591Dividend Increase
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
FLG
Flagstar Financial
1.5413 of 5 stars
$11.69
-1.2%
$12.90
+10.4%
N/A$4.85B$6.35B-3.178,766
SFBS
ServisFirst Bancshares
2.6029 of 5 stars
$88.45
-2.5%
$93.50
+5.7%
+40.6%$4.82B$481.72M21.26570Insider Trade
Positive News
BBAR
Banco BBVA Argentina
4.9068 of 5 stars
$21.45
-1.8%
$27.00
+25.9%
+267.5%$4.38B$7.92B11.176,009Short Interest ↓
Positive News
RIOT
Riot Platforms
2.291 of 5 stars
$11.99
+0.9%
$17.55
+46.4%
-30.4%$4.12B$280.70M27.88340Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
AX
Axos Financial
2.4458 of 5 stars
$69.02
-1.3%
$84.17
+21.9%
+30.8%$3.94B$1.20B9.281,781
UCB
United Community Banks
2.7384 of 5 stars
$32.53
-1.9%
$33.33
+2.5%
N/A$3.88B$1.50B15.943,121Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:VBTX) was last updated on 2/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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