BayCom (BCML) Competitors

Origin Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBNK) and BayCom (NASDAQ:BCML) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk and volatility, OBNK or BCML?

Origin Bancorp has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BayCom has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend OBNK or BCML?

BayCom has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.77%. Given BayCom's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BayCom 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
BayCom	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is OBNK or BCML a better dividend stock?

Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. BayCom pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Origin Bancorp pays out 18.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BayCom pays out 28.6% 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. Origin Bancorp has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Is OBNK or BCML more profitable?

Origin Bancorp has a net margin of 20.47% compared to BayCom's net margin of 17.10%. Origin Bancorp's return on equity of 10.45% beat BayCom's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Origin Bancorp	20.47%	10.45%	0.97%
BayCom	17.10%	7.45%	0.92%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OBNK or BCML?

Origin Bancorp received 48 more outperform votes than BayCom when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.77% of users gave Origin Bancorp an outperform vote while only 54.90% of users gave BayCom an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Origin Bancorp	Outperform Votes 132 63.77%	Underperform Votes 75 36.23%
BayCom	Outperform Votes 84 54.90%	Underperform Votes 69 45.10%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in OBNK or BCML?

47.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of BayCom shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of BayCom shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor OBNK or BCML?

In the previous week, BayCom had 4 more articles in the media than Origin Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BayCom and 0 mentions for Origin Bancorp. BayCom's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Origin Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that BayCom is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Origin Bancorp	Neutral
BayCom	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, OBNK or BCML?

Origin Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than BayCom. Origin Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BayCom, 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	$347.14M	3.50	$87.71M	$3.21	12.31
BayCom	$138.09M	2.21	$23.61M	$2.10	13.09

Summary

Origin Bancorp beats BayCom on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.