Origin Bancorp (OBK) Competitors

Origin Bancorp (NYSE:OBK) and Macro Bank (NYSE:BMA) are both banking companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is OBK or BMA more profitable?

Origin Bancorp has a net margin of 11.98% compared to Macro Bank's net margin of 1.12%. Origin Bancorp's return on equity of 6.04% beat Macro Bank's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Origin Bancorp	11.98%	6.04%	0.71%
Macro Bank	1.12%	1.50%	0.41%

Is OBK or BMA a better dividend stock?

Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Macro Bank pays an annual dividend of $2.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Origin Bancorp pays out 26.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Macro Bank pays out 19.0% 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. Macro Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate OBK or BMA?

Macro Bank has a consensus price target of $62.13, suggesting a potential downside of 8.13%. Given Macro Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Macro Bank 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)	0.00
Macro Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of OBK or BMA?

54.7% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of Macro Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer OBK or BMA?

In the previous week, Macro Bank had 2 more articles in the media than Origin Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Macro Bank and 1 mentions for Origin Bancorp. Macro Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat Origin Bancorp's score of -0.35 indicating that Macro Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, OBK or BMA?

Macro Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Origin Bancorp. Macro Bank 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	$619.96M	1.77	$76.49M	$2.24	15.75
Macro Bank	$2.92T	0.00	$358.05M	$11.41	5.93

Which has more volatility and risk, OBK or BMA?

Origin Bancorp has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Macro Bank has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Macro Bank beats Origin Bancorp on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.