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Should you be buying Origin Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Origin Bancorp include Flagstar Financial (FLG), Axos Financial (AX), Core Scientific (CORZ), Associated Banc (ASB), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), United Community Banks (UCB), Intercorp Financial Services (IFS), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), First Hawaiian (FHB), and CleanSpark (CLSK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Origin Bancorp vs.
Origin Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBNK) and Flagstar Financial (NYSE:FLG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
In the previous week, Flagstar Financial had 11 more articles in the media than Origin Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Flagstar Financial and 0 mentions for Origin Bancorp. Origin Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Flagstar Financial's score of 0.08 indicating that Origin Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Flagstar Financial has a consensus price target of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.18%. Given Flagstar Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Flagstar Financial is more favorable than Origin Bancorp.
Origin Bancorp has a net margin of 20.47% compared to Flagstar Financial's net margin of -18.40%. Origin Bancorp's return on equity of 10.45% beat Flagstar Financial's return on equity.
47.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Flagstar Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Flagstar Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Flagstar Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Origin Bancorp pays out 18.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Flagstar Financial pays out -0.9% 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. Origin Bancorp has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Origin Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Origin Bancorp has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flagstar Financial has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Origin Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Flagstar Financial. Flagstar Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Origin Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Origin Bancorp received 132 more outperform votes than Flagstar Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.77% of users gave Origin Bancorp an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Flagstar Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Origin Bancorp beats Flagstar Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:OBNK) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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