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Esquire Financial (ESQ) Competitors

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$79.99 +2.24 (+2.88%)
(As of 10:52 AM ET)

ESQ vs. FBK, AVAL, TFIN, LU, PWP, LOB, CASH, INTR, NTB, and CLBK

Should you be buying Esquire Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Esquire Financial include FB Financial (FBK), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), Triumph Financial (TFIN), Lufax (LU), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), Pathward Financial (CASH), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), and Columbia Financial (CLBK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Esquire Financial vs.

Esquire Financial (NASDAQ:ESQ) and FB Financial (NYSE:FBK) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, FB Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Esquire Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for FB Financial and 0 mentions for Esquire Financial. Esquire Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat FB Financial's score of 0.65 indicating that Esquire Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Esquire Financial Very Positive
FB Financial Positive

Esquire Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. FB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Esquire Financial pays out 12.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FB Financial pays out 29.7% 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.

FB Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Esquire Financial. Esquire Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FB Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Esquire Financial$120.71M5.36$41.01M$4.9715.64
FB Financial$441.62M5.79$120.22M$2.2923.93

Esquire Financial has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FB Financial has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Esquire Financial has a net margin of 31.38% compared to FB Financial's net margin of 14.40%. Esquire Financial's return on equity of 19.53% beat FB Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Esquire Financial31.38% 19.53% 2.47%
FB Financial 14.40%10.38%1.23%

Esquire Financial currently has a consensus price target of $71.67, suggesting a potential downside of 7.82%. FB Financial has a consensus price target of $50.20, suggesting a potential downside of 8.39%. Given Esquire Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Esquire Financial is more favorable than FB Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Esquire Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
FB Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

54.7% of Esquire Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.4% of FB Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.9% of Esquire Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of FB Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

FB Financial received 49 more outperform votes than Esquire Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.69% of users gave Esquire Financial an outperform vote while only 49.29% of users gave FB Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Esquire FinancialOutperform Votes
195
57.69%
Underperform Votes
143
42.31%
FB FinancialOutperform Votes
244
49.29%
Underperform Votes
251
50.71%

Summary

Esquire Financial beats FB Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ESQ vs. The Competition

MetricEsquire FinancialCommercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$646.96M$35.00B$10.49B$9.31B
Dividend Yield0.76%3.71%10.34%4.06%
P/E Ratio15.649.7448.9917.53
Price / Sales5.361.573,155.94140.21
Price / Cash16.1910.2930.5637.95
Price / Book3.211.242.764.92
Net Income$41.01M$3.23B$1.02B$225.78M
7 Day Performance-0.90%-0.97%-1.39%-1.58%
1 Month Performance8.70%0.49%-0.09%6.67%
1 Year Performance62.18%35.41%16.27%22.48%

Esquire Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESQ
Esquire Financial
2.7474 of 5 stars
$79.99
+2.9%
$71.67
-10.4%
+60.9%$665.60M$120.71M16.09110Positive News
FBK
FB Financial
3.7529 of 5 stars
$55.75
+1.2%
$50.20
-10.0%
+39.7%$2.60B$441.62M24.281,591Short Interest ↑
AVAL
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores
4.4913 of 5 stars
$2.09
-2.3%
N/A-5.6%$2.48B$15.89T12.5974,036
TFIN
Triumph Financial
1.7351 of 5 stars
$99.39
+0.8%
$71.60
-28.0%
+26.9%$2.32B$472.59M126.461,468News Coverage
Positive News
LU
Lufax
3.3822 of 5 stars
$2.64
-2.9%
$3.58
+35.7%
-28.6%$2.29B$20.29B-3.5336,215
PWP
Perella Weinberg Partners
1.1252 of 5 stars
$25.06
+2.0%
$18.83
-24.8%
+94.0%$2.21B$865.05M-10.37600Positive News
LOB
Live Oak Bancshares
3.325 of 5 stars
$44.41
+0.5%
$45.50
+2.5%
-3.3%$2.01B$469.13M27.69987
CASH
Pathward Financial
2.1035 of 5 stars
$82.09
+0.7%
$86.00
+4.8%
+53.0%$1.98B$604.96M12.341,244Positive News
INTR
Inter & Co, Inc.
3.9342 of 5 stars
$4.52
-2.4%
$7.30
+61.5%
-15.4%$1.96B$5.87B13.233,235
NTB
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son
1.9592 of 5 stars
$38.21
+0.3%
$39.60
+3.6%
+15.5%$1.92B$576.38M8.471,334
CLBK
Columbia Financial
0.849 of 5 stars
$16.94
+0.1%
$17.00
+0.4%
-13.1%$1.77B$422.36M112.67750

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This page (NASDAQ:ESQ) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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