Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC) Competitors

Enterprise Bancorp (NASDAQ:EBTC) and RBB Bancorp (NASDAQ:RBB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EBTC or RBB?

38.9% of Enterprise Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.1% of RBB Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.7% of Enterprise Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of RBB Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer EBTC or RBB?

RBB Bancorp has a consensus target price of $20.88, suggesting a potential downside of 13.92%. Given RBB Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe RBB Bancorp is more favorable than Enterprise Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enterprise Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
RBB Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EBTC or RBB?

Enterprise Bancorp received 75 more outperform votes than RBB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.89% of users gave Enterprise Bancorp an outperform vote while only 56.27% of users gave RBB Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Enterprise Bancorp	Outperform Votes 241 67.89%	Underperform Votes 114 32.11%
RBB Bancorp	Outperform Votes 166 56.27%	Underperform Votes 129 43.73%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, EBTC or RBB?

RBB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Enterprise Bancorp. Enterprise Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RBB Bancorp, 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
Enterprise Bancorp	$218.66M	2.05	$38.06M	$2.90	12.45
RBB Bancorp	$236.17M	1.82	$42.47M	$1.85	13.11

Is EBTC or RBB a better dividend stock?

Enterprise Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. RBB Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Enterprise Bancorp pays out 33.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RBB Bancorp pays out 34.6% 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. Enterprise Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is EBTC or RBB more profitable?

Enterprise Bancorp has a net margin of 14.53% compared to RBB Bancorp's net margin of 14.50%. Enterprise Bancorp's return on equity of 10.48% beat RBB Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enterprise Bancorp	14.53%	10.48%	0.77%
RBB Bancorp	14.50%	5.94%	0.77%

Does the media refer more to EBTC or RBB?

In the previous week, RBB Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Enterprise Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for RBB Bancorp and 0 mentions for Enterprise Bancorp. Enterprise Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat RBB Bancorp's score of -0.24 indicating that Enterprise Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Enterprise Bancorp	Neutral
RBB Bancorp	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, EBTC or RBB?

Enterprise Bancorp has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RBB Bancorp has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Enterprise Bancorp beats RBB Bancorp on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.