WTBA vs. CZNC, BSRR, EBTC, BMRC, BWB, RBB, MOFG, CCNE, PWOD, and WASH
Should you be buying West Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of West Bancorporation include Citizens & Northern (CZNC), Sierra Bancorp (BSRR), Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), Bridgewater Bancshares (BWB), RBB Bancorp (RBB), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), CNB Financial (CCNE), Penns Woods Bancorp (PWOD), and Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
West Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WTBA) and Citizens & Northern (NASDAQ:CZNC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, West Bancorporation had 2 more articles in the media than Citizens & Northern. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for West Bancorporation and 2 mentions for Citizens & Northern. Citizens & Northern's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat West Bancorporation's score of -0.11 indicating that Citizens & Northern is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
West Bancorporation presently has a consensus price target of $21.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.67%. Citizens & Northern has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.65%. Given West Bancorporation's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe West Bancorporation is more favorable than Citizens & Northern.
Citizens & Northern has a net margin of 17.51% compared to West Bancorporation's net margin of 14.17%. West Bancorporation's return on equity of 11.19% beat Citizens & Northern's return on equity.
Citizens & Northern received 51 more outperform votes than West Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.00% of users gave Citizens & Northern an outperform vote while only 46.55% of users gave West Bancorporation an outperform vote.
West Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Citizens & Northern pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. West Bancorporation pays out 69.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Citizens & Northern pays out 71.3% 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.
West Bancorporation has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citizens & Northern has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Citizens & Northern has higher revenue and earnings than West Bancorporation. Citizens & Northern is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than West Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
44.3% of West Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of Citizens & Northern shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of West Bancorporation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Citizens & Northern shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
West Bancorporation and Citizens & Northern tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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