Northpointe Bancshares (NPB) Competitors

Northpointe Bancshares (NYSE:NPB) and Nicolet Bankshares (NYSE:NIC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Do analysts prefer NPB or NIC?

Northpointe Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $17.25, indicating a potential upside of 28.16%. Nicolet Bankshares has a consensus price target of $119.25, indicating a potential upside of 0.96%. Given Northpointe Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Northpointe Bancshares is more favorable than Nicolet Bankshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northpointe Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Nicolet Bankshares	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is NPB or NIC a better dividend stock?

Northpointe Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Nicolet Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Nicolet Bankshares pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nicolet Bankshares has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Nicolet Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NPB or NIC?

Nicolet Bankshares received 1 more outperform votes than Northpointe Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Northpointe Bancshares an outperform vote while only 10.71% of users gave Nicolet Bankshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northpointe Bancshares	Outperform Votes 2 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Nicolet Bankshares	Outperform Votes 3 10.71%	Underperform Votes 25 89.29%

Does the media refer more to NPB or NIC?

In the previous week, Nicolet Bankshares had 4 more articles in the media than Northpointe Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Nicolet Bankshares and 3 mentions for Northpointe Bancshares. Nicolet Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Northpointe Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Nicolet Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Northpointe Bancshares	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Nicolet Bankshares	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of NPB or NIC?

43.1% of Nicolet Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.4% of Northpointe Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Nicolet Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NPB or NIC more profitable?

Nicolet Bankshares has a net margin of 23.83% compared to Northpointe Bancshares' net margin of 0.00%. Nicolet Bankshares' return on equity of 10.95% beat Northpointe Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northpointe Bancshares	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nicolet Bankshares	23.83%	10.95%	1.41%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NPB or NIC?

Nicolet Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than Northpointe Bancshares.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Northpointe Bancshares	$196.56M	2.35	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nicolet Bankshares	$356.32M	5.00	$124.06M	$8.29	14.25

Summary

Nicolet Bankshares beats Northpointe Bancshares on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.