BayCom (BCML) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, SLCT or BCML?

Select Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BayCom has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SLCT or BCML more profitable?

Select Bancorp has a net margin of 23.78% compared to BayCom's net margin of 17.22%. Select Bancorp's return on equity of 8.50% beat BayCom's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Select Bancorp	23.78%	8.50%	1.02%
BayCom	17.22%	7.56%	0.93%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SLCT or BCML?

BayCom has higher revenue and earnings than Select Bancorp. BayCom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Select Bancorp, 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
Select Bancorp	$69.33M	4.69	$8.16M	$0.45	41.96
BayCom	$133.31M	2.37	$27.42M	$2.10	13.54

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SLCT or BCML?

Select Bancorp received 38 more outperform votes than BayCom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.26% of users gave BayCom an outperform vote while only 37.65% of users gave Select Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Select Bancorp	Outperform Votes 122 37.65%	Underperform Votes 202 62.35%
BayCom	Outperform Votes 84 55.26%	Underperform Votes 68 44.74%

Do analysts prefer SLCT or BCML?

BayCom has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.51%. Given BayCom's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BayCom is more favorable than Select Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Select 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SLCT or BCML?

39.0% of Select Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of BayCom shares are held by institutional investors. 15.9% of Select 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor SLCT or BCML?

In the previous week, BayCom had 5 more articles in the media than Select Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for BayCom and 0 mentions for Select Bancorp. BayCom's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Select Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that BayCom is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Select Bancorp	Neutral
BayCom	Positive

Summary

BayCom beats Select Bancorp on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.