Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC) Competitors

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

Does the media favor EBTC or CHCO?

In the previous week, Enterprise Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than City. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Enterprise Bancorp and 4 mentions for City. Enterprise Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat City's score of 0.39 indicating that Enterprise Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Enterprise Bancorp	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
City	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EBTC or CHCO?

City received 7 more outperform votes than Enterprise Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.94% of users gave Enterprise Bancorp an outperform vote while only 49.70% of users gave City an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Enterprise Bancorp	Outperform Votes 241 66.94%	Underperform Votes 119 33.06%
City	Outperform Votes 248 49.70%	Underperform Votes 251 50.30%

Is EBTC or CHCO a better dividend stock?

Enterprise Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. City pays an annual dividend of $3.16 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. City pays out 40.6% 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.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, EBTC or CHCO?

City has higher revenue and earnings than Enterprise Bancorp. Enterprise Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than City, 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	2.42	$38.06M	$2.90	14.66
City	$341.89M	5.16	$114.36M	$7.79	15.41

Do analysts prefer EBTC or CHCO?

City has a consensus target price of $119.25, suggesting a potential downside of 0.66%. Given City's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe City 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
City	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EBTC or CHCO?

38.9% of Enterprise Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of City shares are held by institutional investors. 21.7% of Enterprise Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of City shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, EBTC or CHCO?

Enterprise Bancorp has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, City has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EBTC or CHCO more profitable?

City has a net margin of 31.18% compared to Enterprise Bancorp's net margin of 14.53%. City's return on equity of 16.60% beat Enterprise Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enterprise Bancorp	14.53%	10.48%	0.77%
City	31.18%	16.60%	1.83%

Summary

City beats Enterprise Bancorp on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.