Origin Bancorp (OBNK) Competitors

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

Is OBNK or CTBI more profitable?

Community Trust Bancorp has a net margin of 21.64% compared to Origin Bancorp's net margin of 20.47%. Community Trust Bancorp's return on equity of 10.93% beat Origin Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Origin Bancorp	20.47%	10.45%	0.97%
Community Trust Bancorp	21.64%	10.93%	1.35%

Does the media favor OBNK or CTBI?

In the previous week, Community Trust Bancorp had 7 more articles in the media than Origin Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Community Trust Bancorp and 1 mentions for Origin Bancorp. Community Trust Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Origin Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Community Trust Bancorp 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Community Trust Bancorp	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, OBNK or CTBI?

Origin Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Community Trust Bancorp. Origin Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Community Trust 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	$347.14M	3.12	$87.71M	$3.21	10.95
Community Trust Bancorp	$326.31M	3.29	$78M	$4.40	13.49

Which has more risk & volatility, OBNK or CTBI?

Origin Bancorp has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OBNK or CTBI?

Community Trust Bancorp received 94 more outperform votes than Origin Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.77% of users gave Origin Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.56% of users gave Community Trust Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Origin Bancorp	Outperform Votes 132 63.77%	Underperform Votes 75 36.23%
Community Trust Bancorp	Outperform Votes 226 52.56%	Underperform Votes 204 47.44%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of OBNK or CTBI?

47.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is OBNK or CTBI a better dividend stock?

Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Community Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Origin Bancorp pays out 18.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Community Trust Bancorp pays out 42.7% 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. Origin Bancorp has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Community Trust Bancorp has raised its dividend for 44 consecutive years. Community Trust Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend OBNK or CTBI?

Community Trust Bancorp has a consensus price target of $57.67, suggesting a potential downside of 2.87%. Given Community Trust Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Community Trust Bancorp is more favorable than Origin Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Origin Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Community Trust Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Community Trust Bancorp beats Origin Bancorp on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.