TRMK vs. NBTB, TBBK, WSBC, FRME, CHCO, FFBC, SFNC, FCF, WABC, and NBHC
Should you be buying Trustmark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trustmark include NBT Bancorp (NBTB), Bancorp (TBBK), WesBanco (WSBC), First Merchants (FRME), City (CHCO), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Simmons First National (SFNC), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), and National Bank (NBHC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Trustmark (NASDAQ:TRMK) and NBT Bancorp (NASDAQ:NBTB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Trustmark has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NBT Bancorp has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Trustmark pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. NBT Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Trustmark pays out 35.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NBT Bancorp pays out 49.4% 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.
In the previous week, Trustmark had 1 more articles in the media than NBT Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Trustmark and 0 mentions for NBT Bancorp. Trustmark's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat NBT Bancorp's score of 1.45 indicating that Trustmark is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Trustmark has higher revenue and earnings than NBT Bancorp. Trustmark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NBT Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NBT Bancorp has a net margin of 16.71% compared to Trustmark's net margin of 13.82%. NBT Bancorp's return on equity of 10.20% beat Trustmark's return on equity.
Trustmark presently has a consensus target price of $32.75, indicating a potential upside of 6.43%. NBT Bancorp has a consensus target price of $41.20, indicating a potential upside of 7.71%. Given NBT Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NBT Bancorp is more favorable than Trustmark.
67.6% of Trustmark shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.5% of NBT Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Trustmark shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of NBT Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Trustmark received 54 more outperform votes than NBT Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.38% of users gave NBT Bancorp an outperform vote while only 50.90% of users gave Trustmark an outperform vote.
Summary
NBT Bancorp beats Trustmark on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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