RBB Bancorp (RBB) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of RBB or EBTC?

40.1% of RBB Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.9% of Enterprise Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of RBB Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of Enterprise Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RBB or EBTC?

Enterprise Bancorp received 75 more outperform votes than RBB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.89% of users gave Enterprise Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.04% of users gave RBB Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RBB Bancorp	Outperform Votes 166 57.04%	Underperform Votes 125 42.96%
Enterprise Bancorp	Outperform Votes 241 67.89%	Underperform Votes 114 32.11%

Which has more volatility and risk, RBB or EBTC?

RBB Bancorp has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Bancorp has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer RBB or EBTC?

In the previous week, Enterprise Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than RBB Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Enterprise Bancorp and 1 mentions for RBB Bancorp. RBB Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Enterprise Bancorp's score of 1.19 indicating that RBB Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
RBB Bancorp	Very Positive
Enterprise Bancorp	Positive

Do analysts recommend RBB or EBTC?

RBB Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.71%. Given RBB Bancorp's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe RBB Bancorp is more favorable than Enterprise Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RBB Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Enterprise Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is RBB or EBTC a better dividend stock?

RBB Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Enterprise Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. RBB Bancorp pays out 28.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enterprise Bancorp pays out 33.0% 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.

Is RBB or EBTC more profitable?

RBB Bancorp has a net margin of 17.69% compared to Enterprise Bancorp's net margin of 15.80%. Enterprise Bancorp's return on equity of 11.28% beat RBB Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RBB Bancorp	17.69%	7.71%	0.97%
Enterprise Bancorp	15.80%	11.28%	0.79%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, RBB or EBTC?

RBB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Enterprise Bancorp. RBB Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enterprise 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
RBB Bancorp	$236.17M	1.43	$42.47M	$2.28	8.06
Enterprise Bancorp	$218.66M	1.42	$38.06M	$2.91	8.64

Summary

RBB Bancorp beats Enterprise Bancorp on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.