OBT vs. SPFI, LDI, QD, SMBK, HONE, HKD, SHBI, MSBI, PFIS, and ALRS
Should you be buying Orange County Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orange County Bancorp include South Plains Financial (SPFI), loanDepot (LDI), Qudian (QD), SmartFinancial (SMBK), HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), AMTD Digital (HKD), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), Midland States Bancorp (MSBI), Peoples Financial Services (PFIS), and Alerus Financial (ALRS). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Orange County Bancorp vs.
South Plains Financial (NASDAQ:SPFI) and Orange County Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
South Plains Financial currently has a consensus target price of $36.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.86%. Orange County Bancorp has a consensus target price of $35.50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.71%. Given Orange County Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Orange County Bancorp is more favorable than South Plains Financial.
55.0% of South Plains Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.6% of Orange County Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.4% of South Plains Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of Orange County Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
South Plains Financial received 39 more outperform votes than Orange County Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.29% of users gave South Plains Financial an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Orange County Bancorp an outperform vote.
South Plains Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Orange County Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. South Plains Financial pays out 23.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Orange County Bancorp pays out 19.5% 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. Orange County Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, South Plains Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Orange County Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for South Plains Financial and 0 mentions for Orange County Bancorp. South Plains Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Orange County Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that South Plains Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Orange County Bancorp has a net margin of 20.31% compared to South Plains Financial's net margin of 15.51%. Orange County Bancorp's return on equity of 16.37% beat South Plains Financial's return on equity.
South Plains Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Orange County Bancorp. Orange County Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than South Plains Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
South Plains Financial has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orange County Bancorp has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
South Plains Financial beats Orange County Bancorp on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:OBT) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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