WASH vs. BANR, RNST, SBCF, TRMK, WSBC, NBTB, EFSC, OFG, CHCO, and FBNC
Should you be buying Washington Trust Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Washington Trust Bancorp include Banner (BANR), Renasant (RNST), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), Trustmark (TRMK), WesBanco (WSBC), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), OFG Bancorp (OFG), City (CHCO), and First Bancorp (FBNC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Washington Trust Bancorp vs.
Washington Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:WASH) and Banner (NASDAQ:BANR) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Banner received 146 more outperform votes than Washington Trust Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.44% of users gave Banner an outperform vote while only 52.49% of users gave Washington Trust Bancorp an outperform vote.
Banner has a net margin of 20.28% compared to Washington Trust Bancorp's net margin of -6.90%. Banner's return on equity of 10.03% beat Washington Trust Bancorp's return on equity.
65.8% of Washington Trust Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Banner shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Washington Trust Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Banner shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Banner has higher revenue and earnings than Washington Trust Bancorp. Washington Trust Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banner, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Washington Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banner has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Washington Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Banner pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Washington Trust Bancorp pays out -143.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banner pays out 37.7% 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. Washington Trust Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Washington Trust Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $32.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.39%. Banner has a consensus price target of $70.83, indicating a potential upside of 10.02%. Given Washington Trust Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Washington Trust Bancorp is more favorable than Banner.
In the previous week, Washington Trust Bancorp and Washington Trust Bancorp both had 4 articles in the media. Washington Trust Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Banner's score of 1.09 indicating that Washington Trust Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Banner beats Washington Trust Bancorp on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WASH) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
