Blue Ridge Bankshares (BRBS) Competitors

Trinity Capital (NASDAQ:TRIN) and Blue Ridge Bankshares (NASDAQ:BRBS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of TRIN or BRBS?

24.6% of Trinity Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.5% of Blue Ridge Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of Trinity Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Blue Ridge Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TRIN or BRBS?

Trinity Capital received 51 more outperform votes than Blue Ridge Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.21% of users gave Trinity Capital an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Blue Ridge Bankshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Trinity Capital	Outperform Votes 53 55.21%	Underperform Votes 43 44.79%
Blue Ridge Bankshares	Outperform Votes 2 25.00%	Underperform Votes 6 75.00%

Is TRIN or BRBS a better dividend stock?

Trinity Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.3%. Blue Ridge Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.7%. Trinity Capital pays out 119.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Blue Ridge Bankshares pays out -53.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Blue Ridge Bankshares has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Blue Ridge Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate TRIN or BRBS?

Trinity Capital presently has a consensus price target of $15.17, suggesting a potential upside of 13.61%. Given Trinity Capital's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Trinity Capital is more favorable than Blue Ridge Bankshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trinity Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Blue Ridge Bankshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, TRIN or BRBS?

Trinity Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Blue Ridge Bankshares. Blue Ridge Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trinity Capital, 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
Trinity Capital	$181.85M	4.32	$76.89M	$1.71	7.81
Blue Ridge Bankshares	$96.28M	2.12	-$51.77M	-$0.91	-3.04

Does the media favor TRIN or BRBS?

In the previous week, Trinity Capital had 18 more articles in the media than Blue Ridge Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Trinity Capital and 2 mentions for Blue Ridge Bankshares. Trinity Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Blue Ridge Bankshares' score of -0.32 indicating that Trinity Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Trinity Capital	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Blue Ridge Bankshares	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is TRIN or BRBS more profitable?

Trinity Capital has a net margin of 40.73% compared to Blue Ridge Bankshares' net margin of -10.60%. Trinity Capital's return on equity of 15.90% beat Blue Ridge Bankshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trinity Capital	40.73%	15.90%	7.14%
Blue Ridge Bankshares	-10.60%	-8.29%	-0.63%

Which has more volatility & risk, TRIN or BRBS?

Trinity Capital has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Ridge Bankshares has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Trinity Capital beats Blue Ridge Bankshares on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.