BMRC vs. FSB, HTBK, CATC, CPF, CNBKA, GABC, LBAI, SBSI, CTBI, and UVSP
Should you be buying Bank of Marin Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Marin Bancorp include Franklin Financial Network (FSB), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Cambridge Bancorp (CATC), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), Century Bancorp (CNBKA), German American Bancorp (GABC), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), and Univest Financial (UVSP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Bank of Marin Bancorp (NASDAQ:BMRC) and Franklin Financial Network (NYSE:FSB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
Franklin Financial Network has a net margin of 15.25% compared to Bank of Marin Bancorp's net margin of 9.28%. Franklin Financial Network's return on equity of 7.53% beat Bank of Marin Bancorp's return on equity.
52.3% of Bank of Marin Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.9% of Franklin Financial Network shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Bank of Marin Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of Franklin Financial Network shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bank of Marin Bancorp received 7 more outperform votes than Franklin Financial Network when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.28% of users gave Franklin Financial Network an outperform vote while only 58.17% of users gave Bank of Marin Bancorp an outperform vote.
Bank of Marin Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Franklin Financial Network. Franklin Financial Network is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Marin Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Bank of Marin Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Franklin Financial Network. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Bank of Marin Bancorp and 0 mentions for Franklin Financial Network. Bank of Marin Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Franklin Financial Network's score of 0.00 indicating that Bank of Marin Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bank of Marin Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $17.33, indicating a potential upside of 14.64%. Given Bank of Marin Bancorp's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bank of Marin Bancorp is more favorable than Franklin Financial Network.
Bank of Marin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Franklin Financial Network pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Bank of Marin Bancorp pays out 120.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Franklin Financial Network pays out 11.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Bank of Marin Bancorp has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Financial Network has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Franklin Financial Network beats Bank of Marin Bancorp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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