QCRH vs. OBNK, BY, BMTC, CTBI, BPFH, IBOC, SFBS, ABCB, ASB, and UCBI
Should you be buying QCR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of QCR include Origin Bancorp (OBNK), Byline Bancorp (BY), Bryn Mawr Bank (BMTC), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Boston Private Financial (BPFH), International Bancshares (IBOC), ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Associated Banc (ASB), and United Community Banks (UCBI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
QCR (NASDAQ:QCRH) and Origin Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBNK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
QCR pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. QCR pays out 3.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Origin Bancorp pays out 18.7% 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.
QCR received 160 more outperform votes than Origin Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.62% of users gave QCR an outperform vote while only 63.77% of users gave Origin Bancorp an outperform vote.
QCR has higher revenue and earnings than Origin Bancorp. QCR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Origin Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Origin Bancorp has a net margin of 20.47% compared to QCR's net margin of 19.92%. QCR's return on equity of 13.23% beat Origin Bancorp's return on equity.
70.0% of QCR shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of QCR shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, QCR had 2 more articles in the media than Origin Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for QCR and 0 mentions for Origin Bancorp. QCR's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Origin Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that QCR is being referred to more favorably in the media.
QCR has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Origin Bancorp has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
QCR presently has a consensus target price of $72.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.05%. Given QCR's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe QCR is more favorable than Origin Bancorp.
Summary
QCR beats Origin Bancorp on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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