Southern California Bancorp (BCAL) Competitors $13.69 +0.21 (+1.56%) Closing price 04/25/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$13.69 0.00 (0.00%) As of 04/25/2025 04:01 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BCAL vs. NIC, MBIN, CUBI, CLBK, PWP, SUPV, SII, CCB, TFIN, and LXShould you be buying Southern California Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southern California Bancorp include Nicolet Bankshares (NIC), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), Customers Bancorp (CUBI), Columbia Financial (CLBK), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Grupo Supervielle (SUPV), Sprott (SII), Coastal Financial (CCB), Triumph Financial (TFIN), and LexinFintech (LX). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. Southern California Bancorp vs. Nicolet Bankshares Merchants Bancorp Customers Bancorp Columbia Financial Perella Weinberg Partners Grupo Supervielle Sprott Coastal Financial Triumph Financial LexinFintech Southern California Bancorp (NASDAQ:BCAL) and Nicolet Bankshares (NYSE:NIC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability and community ranking. Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BCAL or NIC? 55.4% of Southern California Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.1% of Nicolet Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.8% of Southern California Bancorp 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts rate BCAL or NIC? Southern California Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 42.44%. Nicolet Bankshares has a consensus target price of $119.25, suggesting a potential upside of 3.10%. Given Southern California Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Southern California Bancorp is more favorable than Nicolet Bankshares.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Southern California Bancorp 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Nicolet Bankshares 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.25 Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BCAL or NIC? Nicolet Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than Southern California Bancorp. Nicolet Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southern California Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioSouthern California Bancorp$150.68M2.94$5.43M$0.4530.42Nicolet Bankshares$356.32M4.93$124.06M$8.2913.95 Which has more risk & volatility, BCAL or NIC? Southern California Bancorp has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nicolet Bankshares has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community favor BCAL or NIC? Southern California Bancorp and Nicolet Bankshares both received 3 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Southern California Bancorp an outperform vote while only 10.71% of users gave Nicolet Bankshares an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformSouthern California BancorpOutperform Votes375.00% Underperform Votes125.00% Nicolet BanksharesOutperform Votes310.71%Underperform Votes2589.29% Is BCAL or NIC more profitable? Nicolet Bankshares has a net margin of 23.83% compared to Southern California Bancorp's net margin of 2.94%. Nicolet Bankshares' return on equity of 10.95% beat Southern California Bancorp's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Southern California Bancorp2.94% 8.97% 1.09% Nicolet Bankshares 23.83%10.95%1.41% Does the media favor BCAL or NIC? In the previous week, Southern California Bancorp and Southern California Bancorp both had 7 articles in the media. Southern California Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Nicolet Bankshares' score of 0.47 indicating that Southern California Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Southern California Bancorp 2 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Nicolet Bankshares 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral SummarySouthern California Bancorp and Nicolet Bankshares tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Southern California Bancorp News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BCAL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BCAL vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSouthern California BancorpNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$443.58M$21.74B$11.15B$7.82BDividend YieldN/A3.76%5.71%4.30%P/E Ratio72.0612.1821.7518.43Price / Sales2.942.7126.01101.46Price / Cash11.1111.1617.6034.62Price / Book0.871.142.564.19Net Income$5.43M$2.17B$1.04B$248.05M7 Day Performance8.31%3.30%2.61%6.53%1 Month Performance-7.37%-2.68%-2.20%-2.16%1 Year Performance-3.18%16.84%533.88%4.71% Southern California Bancorp Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BCALSouthern California Bancorp2.879 of 5 stars$13.69+1.6%$19.50+42.4%-2.9%$443.58M$150.68M72.06204Earnings ReportNews CoveragePositive NewsNICNicolet Bankshares1.4923 of 5 stars$103.95+1.7%$119.00+14.5%+41.5%$1.55B$349.12M12.95860Insider TradeShort Interest ↑News CoverageMBINMerchants Bancorp4.1165 of 5 stars$31.91+1.7%$48.83+53.0%-17.5%$1.46B$666.97M5.06480News CoverageCUBICustomers Bancorp3.8252 of 5 stars$44.16+0.8%$64.00+44.9%-1.4%$1.39B$687.50M8.69640Earnings ReportShort Interest ↓News CoverageCLBKColumbia Financial1.3678 of 5 stars$13.26+0.9%$17.00+28.2%-18.8%$1.39B$179.88M-110.50750Upcoming EarningsNews CoveragePositive NewsPWPPerella Weinberg Partners2.5029 of 5 stars$15.99+3.5%$25.33+58.4%+8.2%$1.39B$878.04M-10.12600Upcoming EarningsNews CoveragePositive NewsSUPVGrupo Supervielle1.3634 of 5 stars$15.46+18.1%$13.67-11.6%+174.9%$1.37B$934.81B21.474,810Short Interest ↑News CoverageGap UpHigh Trading VolumeSIISprott1.1148 of 5 stars$47.98+1.6%N/A+30.7%$1.24B$168.35M26.36170Short Interest ↑Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeCCBCoastal Financial3.7877 of 5 stars$79.55+0.6%$98.75+24.1%+113.8%$1.19B$452.86M24.48380Positive NewsTFINTriumph Financial2.6042 of 5 stars$50.87+3.8%$79.00+55.3%-25.4%$1.19B$415.57M94.211,430Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionLXLexinFintech4.0226 of 5 stars$7.22+8.4%$13.60+88.4%+387.0%$1.19B$14.20B11.463,900Short Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsGap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies NIC Competitors MBIN Competitors CUBI Competitors CLBK Competitors PWP Competitors SUPV Competitors SII Competitors CCB Competitors TFIN Competitors LX Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:BCAL) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s tariffs just split the AI market in twoTrump’s tariff just split the AI market – among others – in two. 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