BSRR vs. SRCE, NBHC, STBA, GABC, WABC, TCBK, SASR, BUSE, HOPE, and RBCAA
Should you be buying Sierra Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sierra Bancorp include 1st Source (SRCE), National Bank (NBHC), S&T Bancorp (STBA), German American Bancorp (GABC), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), First Busey (BUSE), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), and Republic Bancorp (RBCAA). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Sierra Bancorp vs.
Sierra Bancorp (NASDAQ:BSRR) and 1st Source (NASDAQ:SRCE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Sierra Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 1st Source pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Sierra Bancorp pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 1st Source pays out 26.9% 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. 1st Source has increased its dividend for 37 consecutive years.
55.4% of Sierra Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.4% of 1st Source shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Sierra Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of 1st Source shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
1st Source received 33 more outperform votes than Sierra Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.36% of users gave 1st Source an outperform vote while only 49.67% of users gave Sierra Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, 1st Source had 1 more articles in the media than Sierra Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for 1st Source and 3 mentions for Sierra Bancorp. 1st Source's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Sierra Bancorp's score of 0.82 indicating that 1st Source is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sierra Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.09%. 1st Source has a consensus price target of $70.75, suggesting a potential upside of 13.59%. Given 1st Source's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe 1st Source is more favorable than Sierra Bancorp.
1st Source has a net margin of 23.10% compared to Sierra Bancorp's net margin of 19.90%. 1st Source's return on equity of 11.92% beat Sierra Bancorp's return on equity.
Sierra Bancorp has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 1st Source has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
1st Source has higher revenue and earnings than Sierra Bancorp. Sierra Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 1st Source, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
1st Source beats Sierra Bancorp on 19 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BSRR) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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