Esquire Financial (ESQ) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to ESQ or PRK?

In the previous week, Park National had 14 more articles in the media than Esquire Financial. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Park National and 5 mentions for Esquire Financial. Esquire Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Park National's score of -0.08 indicating that Esquire Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Esquire Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Park National	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, ESQ or PRK?

Esquire Financial has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park National has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ESQ or PRK?

Park National has higher revenue and earnings than Esquire Financial. Esquire Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park National, 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
Esquire Financial	$124.82M	5.07	$43.66M	$5.16	14.55
Park National	$520.61M	4.73	$151.42M	$9.31	16.38

Is ESQ or PRK a better dividend stock?

Esquire Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Park National pays an annual dividend of $4.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Esquire Financial pays out 13.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Park National pays out 46.0% 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.

Is ESQ or PRK more profitable?

Esquire Financial has a net margin of 31.58% compared to Park National's net margin of 23.46%. Esquire Financial's return on equity of 19.93% beat Park National's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Esquire Financial	31.58%	19.93%	2.54%
Park National	23.46%	12.31%	1.50%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ESQ or PRK?

54.7% of Esquire Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Park National shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.9% of Esquire Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Park National shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ESQ or PRK?

Esquire Financial received 196 more outperform votes than Park National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.48% of users gave Esquire Financial an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Park National an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Esquire Financial	Outperform Votes 196 57.48%	Underperform Votes 145 42.52%
Park National	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 17 100.00%

Do analysts recommend ESQ or PRK?

Esquire Financial presently has a consensus target price of $88.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.24%. Park National has a consensus target price of $181.75, suggesting a potential upside of 19.15%. Given Park National's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Park National is more favorable than Esquire Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Esquire Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Park National	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Esquire Financial beats Park National on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.