OBT vs. LC, BY, QCRH, GHLD, BFC, OBK, DEFT, LX, OBNK, and FSUN
Should you be buying Orange County Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orange County Bancorp include LendingClub (LC), Byline Bancorp (BY), QCR (QCRH), Guild (GHLD), Bank First National (BFC), Origin Bancorp (OBK), DeFi Technologies (DEFT), LexinFintech (LX), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), and FirstSun Capital Bancorp (FSUN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Orange County Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Orange County Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBT) and LendingClub (NYSE:LC) are both small-cap banking companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
In the previous week, LendingClub had 2 more articles in the media than Orange County Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for LendingClub and 2 mentions for Orange County Bancorp. Orange County Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat LendingClub's score of 0.34 indicating that Orange County Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
42.5% of Orange County Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.1% of LendingClub shares are held by institutional investors. 9.3% of Orange County Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of LendingClub shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
LendingClub has higher revenue and earnings than Orange County Bancorp. Orange County Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LendingClub, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Orange County Bancorp has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LendingClub has a beta of 2.44, indicating that its share price is 144% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Orange County Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $32.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.98%. LendingClub has a consensus price target of $16.13, indicating a potential upside of 25.10%. Given LendingClub's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe LendingClub is more favorable than Orange County Bancorp.
Orange County Bancorp has a net margin of 18.86% compared to LendingClub's net margin of 6.16%. Orange County Bancorp's return on equity of 14.41% beat LendingClub's return on equity.
Summary
Orange County Bancorp and LendingClub tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:OBT) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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