BMRC vs. STBA, SASR, TCBK, BUSE, HOPE, WABC, RBCAA, PFBC, GABC, and PEBO
Should you be buying Bank of Marin Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Marin Bancorp include S&T Bancorp (STBA), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), First Busey (BUSE), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), Preferred Bank (PFBC), German American Bancorp (GABC), and Peoples Bancorp (PEBO). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Bank of Marin Bancorp vs.
S&T Bancorp (NASDAQ:STBA) and Bank of Marin Bancorp (NASDAQ:BMRC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
S&T Bancorp has a net margin of 23.24% compared to Bank of Marin Bancorp's net margin of -5.52%. S&T Bancorp's return on equity of 9.77% beat Bank of Marin Bancorp's return on equity.
S&T Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $41.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.17%. Bank of Marin Bancorp has a consensus target price of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.36%. Given Bank of Marin Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bank of Marin Bancorp is more favorable than S&T Bancorp.
In the previous week, Bank of Marin Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than S&T Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Bank of Marin Bancorp and 0 mentions for S&T Bancorp. Bank of Marin Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat S&T Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Bank of Marin Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
S&T Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of Marin Bancorp. Bank of Marin Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than S&T Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bank of Marin Bancorp received 12 more outperform votes than S&T Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.06% of users gave Bank of Marin Bancorp an outperform vote while only 49.91% of users gave S&T Bancorp an outperform vote.
S&T Bancorp has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Marin Bancorp has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
S&T Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Bank of Marin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. S&T Bancorp pays out 39.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Marin Bancorp pays out -192.3% 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. S&T Bancorp has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Bank of Marin Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
65.2% of S&T Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of Bank of Marin Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of S&T Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Bank of Marin Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Bank of Marin Bancorp beats S&T Bancorp on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BMRC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
