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German American Bancorp (GABC) Competitors

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$44.94 -0.21 (-0.47%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

GABC vs. RBCAA, SRCE, STBA, GWB, MBIN, ABCB, IBOC, BANF, TCBI, and FULT

Should you be buying German American Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of German American Bancorp include Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), 1st Source (SRCE), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Great Western Bancorp (GWB), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), International Bancshares (IBOC), BancFirst (BANF), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), and Fulton Financial (FULT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

German American Bancorp vs.

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

German American Bancorp has a net margin of 23.75% compared to Republic Bancorp's net margin of 20.65%. German American Bancorp's return on equity of 11.94% beat Republic Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
German American Bancorp23.75% 11.94% 1.33%
Republic Bancorp 20.65%10.79%1.52%

German American Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $45.25, suggesting a potential upside of 0.69%. Republic Bancorp has a consensus price target of $80.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.89%. Given Republic Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Republic Bancorp is more favorable than German American Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
German American Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Republic Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, German American Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Republic Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for German American Bancorp and 1 mentions for Republic Bancorp. German American Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Republic Bancorp's score of -0.11 indicating that German American Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
German American Bancorp
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Republic Bancorp
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

46.9% of German American Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Republic Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of German American Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.5% of Republic Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

German American Bancorp has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Republic Bancorp has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

German American Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Republic Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. German American Bancorp pays out 39.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Republic Bancorp pays out 31.0% 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. German American Bancorp has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Republic Bancorp has raised its dividend for 26 consecutive years.

Republic Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than German American Bancorp. Republic Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than German American Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
German American Bancorp$316.92M4.21$85.89M$2.7716.22
Republic Bancorp$427.52M3.40$90.37M$5.2614.23

German American Bancorp received 87 more outperform votes than Republic Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.59% of users gave Republic Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.59% of users gave German American Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
German American BancorpOutperform Votes
254
53.59%
Underperform Votes
220
46.41%
Republic BancorpOutperform Votes
167
57.59%
Underperform Votes
123
42.41%

Summary

German American Bancorp beats Republic Bancorp on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GABC vs. The Competition

MetricGerman American BancorpState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.33B$3.16B$10.35B$8.81B
Dividend Yield2.37%3.51%10.18%4.06%
P/E Ratio16.2217.3749.6017.77
Price / Sales4.212.973,386.8375.18
Price / Cash13.3511.1530.6832.53
Price / Book2.001.322.894.68
Net Income$85.89M$405.80M$994.27M$226.08M
7 Day Performance-1.73%-0.79%-0.05%-1.04%
1 Month Performance13.40%8.53%7.13%1.04%
1 Year Performance53.75%35.96%24.11%26.28%

German American Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GABC
German American Bancorp
3.8889 of 5 stars
$44.94
-0.5%
$45.25
+0.7%
+51.0%$1.33B$316.92M16.22840
RBCAA
Republic Bancorp
1.9631 of 5 stars
$74.84
-0.6%
$80.00
+6.9%
+57.0%$1.46B$427.52M14.231,028
SRCE
1st Source
3.0415 of 5 stars
$64.22
-0.1%
$64.75
+0.8%
+30.3%$1.58B$507.53M12.231,170
STBA
S&T Bancorp
2.5508 of 5 stars
$41.96
-0.1%
$41.00
-2.3%
+46.1%$1.61B$535.52M11.951,244
GWB
Great Western Bancorp
1.5421 of 5 stars
$30.88
flat
N/AN/A$1.70B$491.71M8.511,706Analyst Forecast
MBIN
Merchants Bancorp
4.0898 of 5 stars
$38.19
-2.1%
$52.33
+37.0%
+14.0%$1.78B$1.19B6.32480Insider Trade
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
2.2757 of 5 stars
$68.07
-0.9%
$66.67
-2.1%
+57.8%$4.75B$1.08B14.182,765Positive News
IBOC
International Bancshares
3.7676 of 5 stars
$69.90
-1.1%
N/A+51.1%$4.40B$836.41M10.872,200
BANF
BancFirst
2.7569 of 5 stars
$121.21
-0.2%
$102.50
-15.4%
+39.2%$4.02B$618.74M19.492,109Short Interest ↓
TCBI
Texas Capital Bancshares
3.8918 of 5 stars
$83.90
-2.3%
$74.00
-11.8%
+53.3%$3.97B$1.79B466.111,987News Coverage
Positive News
FULT
Fulton Financial
2.9584 of 5 stars
$20.84
+0.6%
$18.83
-9.6%
+45.7%$3.79B$1.50B13.193,400Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:GABC) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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