BDGE vs. ALRS, GNTY, AROW, FISI, HAFC, EFSC, RBCAA, NBHC, FCF, and SYBT
Should you be buying Bridge Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridge Bancorp include Alerus Financial (ALRS), Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY), Arrow Financial (AROW), Financial Institutions (FISI), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), National Bank (NBHC), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), and Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Alerus Financial (NASDAQ:ALRS) and Bridge Bancorp (NASDAQ:BDGE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
Bridge Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alerus Financial. Bridge Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alerus Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alerus Financial presently has a consensus price target of $23.17, suggesting a potential upside of 19.79%. Given Bridge Bancorp's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Alerus Financial is more favorable than Bridge Bancorp.
Bridge Bancorp has a net margin of 23.05% compared to Bridge Bancorp's net margin of 3.54%. Alerus Financial's return on equity of 9.83% beat Bridge Bancorp's return on equity.
51.3% of Alerus Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.8% of Bridge Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Alerus Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of Bridge Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alerus Financial has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridge Bancorp has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alerus Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Bridge Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Alerus Financial pays out 155.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bridge Bancorp pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alerus Financial has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Bridge Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Alerus Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Bridge Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Alerus Financial and 0 mentions for Bridge Bancorp. Bridge Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Alerus Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Alerus Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bridge Bancorp received 275 more outperform votes than Alerus Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.93% of users gave Bridge Bancorp an outperform vote while only 22.22% of users gave Alerus Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Bridge Bancorp beats Alerus Financial on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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