First Bank (FRBA) Competitors

Origin Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBK) and First Bank (NASDAQ:FRBA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, OBK or FRBA?

Origin Bancorp has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, First Bank has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend OBK or FRBA?

Origin Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $36.80, indicating a potential upside of 5.09%. First Bank has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.01%. Given First Bank's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Bank is more favorable than Origin Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Origin Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
First Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OBK or FRBA?

First Bank received 239 more outperform votes than Origin Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.57% of users gave Origin Bancorp an outperform vote while only 63.45% of users gave First Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Origin Bancorp	Outperform Votes 11 78.57%	Underperform Votes 3 21.43%
First Bank	Outperform Votes 250 63.45%	Underperform Votes 144 36.55%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, OBK or FRBA?

Origin Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First Bank. First Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Origin 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
Origin Bancorp	$581.73M	1.88	$83.80M	$2.43	14.41
First Bank	$173.30M	1.56	$20.90M	$1.59	8.69

Does the media prefer OBK or FRBA?

In the previous week, First Bank had 8 more articles in the media than Origin Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for First Bank and 1 mentions for Origin Bancorp. First Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Origin Bancorp's score of 0.71 indicating that First Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Origin Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Bank	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is OBK or FRBA more profitable?

First Bank has a net margin of 18.19% compared to Origin Bancorp's net margin of 12.12%. First Bank's return on equity of 11.80% beat Origin Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Origin Bancorp	12.12%	7.36%	0.82%
First Bank	18.19%	11.80%	1.25%

Is OBK or FRBA a better dividend stock?

Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. First Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Origin Bancorp pays out 24.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Bank pays out 15.1% 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. First Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in OBK or FRBA?

54.7% of Origin Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.9% of First Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Origin Bancorp and First Bank tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.