Byline Bancorp (BY) Competitors

Origin Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBNK) and Byline Bancorp (NYSE:BY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OBNK or BY?

Byline Bancorp received 38 more outperform votes than Origin Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.77% of users gave Origin Bancorp an outperform vote while only 59.65% of users gave Byline Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Origin Bancorp	Outperform Votes 132 63.77%	Underperform Votes 75 36.23%
Byline Bancorp	Outperform Votes 170 59.65%	Underperform Votes 115 40.35%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of OBNK or BY?

47.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Byline Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.0% of Byline Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend OBNK or BY?

Origin Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.16%. Byline Bancorp has a consensus target price of $26.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.67%. Given Origin Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Byline Bancorp is more favorable than Origin Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Origin Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Byline Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is OBNK or BY a better dividend stock?

Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Byline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Origin Bancorp pays out 18.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Byline Bancorp pays out 13.5% 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. Origin Bancorp has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Origin Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is OBNK or BY more profitable?

Origin Bancorp has a net margin of 20.47% compared to Origin Bancorp's net margin of 20.13%. Origin Bancorp's return on equity of 13.27% beat Byline Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Origin Bancorp	20.47%	10.45%	0.97%
Byline Bancorp	20.13%	13.27%	1.42%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, OBNK or BY?

Byline Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Origin Bancorp. Byline Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Origin Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Origin Bancorp	$347.14M	2.74	$87.71M	$3.21	9.64
Byline Bancorp	$535.79M	1.79	$107.88M	$2.67	8.15

Which has more risk and volatility, OBNK or BY?

Origin Bancorp has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Byline Bancorp has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer OBNK or BY?

In the previous week, Byline Bancorp had 6 more articles in the media than Origin Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Byline Bancorp and 3 mentions for Origin Bancorp. Byline Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Origin Bancorp's score of 0.16 indicating that Origin Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Origin Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Byline Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Byline Bancorp beats Origin Bancorp on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.