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Bridge Bancorp (BDGE) Competitors

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BDGE vs. FRME, BANR, FBNC, EFSC, BUSE, NBTB, OFG, CHCO, FCF, and LKFN

Should you be buying Bridge Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridge Bancorp include First Merchants (FRME), Banner (BANR), First Bancorp (FBNC), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), First Busey (BUSE), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), OFG Bancorp (OFG), City (CHCO), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), and Lakeland Financial (LKFN). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Bridge Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

First Merchants (NASDAQ:FRME) and Bridge Bancorp (NASDAQ:BDGE) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.

In the previous week, First Merchants had 8 more articles in the media than Bridge Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for First Merchants and 0 mentions for Bridge Bancorp. First Merchants' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Bridge Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that First Merchants is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
First Merchants Positive
Bridge Bancorp Neutral

Bridge Bancorp has a net margin of 23.05% compared to First Merchants' net margin of 21.35%. First Merchants' return on equity of 9.88% beat Bridge Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Merchants21.35% 9.88% 1.23%
Bridge Bancorp 23.05%9.83%0.88%

First Merchants has higher revenue and earnings than Bridge Bancorp. First Merchants is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridge Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Merchants$637.74M3.53$201.40M$3.8610.10
Bridge Bancorp$206.93M2.73$51.69M$2.5911.06

First Merchants pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Bridge Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. First Merchants pays out 37.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bridge Bancorp pays out 37.1% 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. First Merchants has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. First Merchants is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

First Merchants currently has a consensus target price of $48.25, suggesting a potential upside of 23.81%. Given First Merchants' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe First Merchants is more favorable than Bridge Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Merchants
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Bridge Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

First Merchants has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridge Bancorp has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

73.9% of First Merchants shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.8% of Bridge Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of First Merchants shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of Bridge Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

First Merchants beats Bridge Bancorp on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BDGE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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BDGE vs. The Competition

MetricBridge BancorpNational Commercial Banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$565.93M$551.38M$12.32B$9.79B
Dividend Yield3.93%2.65%5.56%4.10%
P/E Ratio12.0310.9719.5525.27
Price / Sales2.732.6625.7788.61
Price / Cash9.1511.4818.7728.45
Price / Book1.141.332.256.00
Net Income$51.69M$23.34M$1.01B$265.34M

Bridge Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BDGE
Bridge Bancorp
N/A$28.64
-2.8%
N/A+22.2%$565.93M$206.93M12.03496
FRME
First Merchants
4.8199 of 5 stars
$37.69
+0.5%
$46.20
+22.6%
+5.7%$2.16B$1.07B9.762,120Dividend Announcement
BANR
Banner
3.1359 of 5 stars
$63.17
+1.6%
$70.17
+11.1%
+12.5%$2.15B$832.99M12.031,956News Coverage
Positive News
FBNC
First Bancorp
2.4362 of 5 stars
$49.95
+1.4%
$53.67
+7.4%
+27.4%$2.04B$537.14M21.351,396Short Interest ↑
EFSC
Enterprise Financial Services
4.6596 of 5 stars
$55.26
+1.9%
$64.33
+16.4%
+14.2%$2.01B$920.75M10.491,256
BUSE
First Busey
4.9553 of 5 stars
$22.41
+0.4%
$27.17
+21.2%
-9.9%$2.00B$663.36M20.011,548
NBTB
NBT Bancorp
4.3467 of 5 stars
$40.90
-0.2%
$52.00
+27.1%
-9.4%$1.94B$788.49M14.772,083Positive News
Insider Trade
OFG
OFG Bancorp
3.659 of 5 stars
$42.67
+1.2%
$47.50
+11.3%
-1.2%$1.89B$873.53M10.062,246News Coverage
Positive News
CHCO
City
2.6365 of 5 stars
$120.90
0.0%
$133.25
+10.2%
+6.1%$1.75B$379.76M14.55910
FCF
First Commonwealth Financial
4.1455 of 5 stars
$16.70
+0.7%
$18.90
+13.2%
+2.4%$1.74B$699.69M12.841,545Positive News
Short Interest ↓
LKFN
Lakeland Financial
3.5309 of 5 stars
$62.00
+0.3%
$70.00
+12.9%
-1.8%$1.58B$430M16.89650Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:BDGE) was last updated on 8/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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