OSBC vs. BUR, RIOT, AUB, CORZ, FINV, ENVA, BFH, LU, PRK, and CLSK
Should you be buying Old Second Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Old Second Bancorp include Burford Capital (BUR), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), Core Scientific (CORZ), FinVolution Group (FINV), Enova International (ENVA), Bread Financial (BFH), Lufax (LU), Park National (PRK), and CleanSpark (CLSK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Old Second Bancorp vs.
Burford Capital (NYSE:BUR) and Old Second Bancorp (NASDAQ:OSBC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.
Old Second Bancorp received 317 more outperform votes than Burford Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.14% of users gave Old Second Bancorp an outperform vote while only 59.09% of users gave Burford Capital an outperform vote.
Burford Capital has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Old Second Bancorp has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
67.8% of Old Second Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Burford Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Old Second Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Old Second Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Burford Capital pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Old Second Bancorp pays out 12.8% 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. Old Second Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Burford Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Old Second Bancorp. Old Second Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burford Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Burford Capital presently has a consensus target price of $19.50, indicating a potential upside of 41.87%. Old Second Bancorp has a consensus target price of $20.90, indicating a potential upside of 23.01%. Given Burford Capital's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Old Second Bancorp.
Burford Capital has a net margin of 34.81% compared to Old Second Bancorp's net margin of 24.95%. Old Second Bancorp's return on equity of 13.73% beat Burford Capital's return on equity.
In the previous week, Burford Capital had 4 more articles in the media than Old Second Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Burford Capital and 3 mentions for Old Second Bancorp. Old Second Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Burford Capital's score of 0.77 indicating that Old Second Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Old Second Bancorp beats Burford Capital on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:OSBC) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
