Bridge Bancorp (BDGE) Competitors

Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (NASDAQ:SBCF) and Bridge Bancorp (NASDAQ:BDGE) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, community ranking and media sentiment.

Is SBCF or BDGE a better dividend stock?

Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Bridge Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays out 50.3% 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. Bridge Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in SBCF or BDGE?

81.8% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.8% of Bridge Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of Bridge Bancorp shares are held by 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SBCF or BDGE?

Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida received 17 more outperform votes than Bridge Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.76% of users gave Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida an outperform vote while only 55.93% of users gave Bridge Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida	Outperform Votes 300 59.76%	Underperform Votes 202 40.24%
Bridge Bancorp	Outperform Votes 283 55.93%	Underperform Votes 223 44.07%

Is SBCF or BDGE more profitable?

Bridge Bancorp has a net margin of 23.05% compared to Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's net margin of 14.95%. Bridge Bancorp's return on equity of 9.83% beat Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida	14.95%	5.91%	0.85%
Bridge Bancorp	23.05%	9.83%	0.88%

Which has more volatility & risk, SBCF or BDGE?

Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida 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.

Does the media refer more to SBCF or BDGE?

In the previous week, Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida had 1 more articles in the media than Bridge Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida and 0 mentions for Bridge Bancorp. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Bridge Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida	Positive
Bridge Bancorp	Neutral

Do analysts rate SBCF or BDGE?

Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida currently has a consensus price target of $29.40, indicating a potential upside of 4.37%. Given Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida is more favorable than Bridge Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Bridge Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SBCF or BDGE?

Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has higher revenue and earnings than Bridge Bancorp. Bridge Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida, 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
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida	$515.40M	4.67	$120.99M	$1.43	19.70
Bridge Bancorp	$206.93M	2.92	$51.69M	$2.59	11.81

Summary

Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida beats Bridge Bancorp on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.