RBCAA vs. OFG, MBIN, GABC, CARO, CNOB, ONB, FNB, HOMB, UBSI, and FFIN
Should you be buying Republic Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Republic Bancorp include OFG Bancorp (OFG), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), German American Bancorp (GABC), Carolina Financial (CARO), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Old National Bancorp (ONB), F.N.B. (FNB), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), United Bankshares (UBSI), and First Financial Bankshares (FFIN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Republic Bancorp (NASDAQ:RBCAA) and OFG Bancorp (NYSE:OFG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and earnings.
Republic Bancorp has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OFG Bancorp has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
24.4% of Republic Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of OFG Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 55.5% of Republic Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of OFG Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
OFG Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Republic Bancorp. OFG Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Republic Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
OFG Bancorp received 120 more outperform votes than Republic Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.15% of users gave OFG Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.64% of users gave Republic Bancorp an outperform vote.
OFG Bancorp has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.64%. Given OFG Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe OFG Bancorp is more favorable than Republic Bancorp.
In the previous week, Republic Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than OFG Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Republic Bancorp and 0 mentions for OFG Bancorp. Republic Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat OFG Bancorp's score of 1.00 indicating that Republic Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
OFG Bancorp has a net margin of 23.00% compared to Republic Bancorp's net margin of 20.27%. OFG Bancorp's return on equity of 16.10% beat Republic Bancorp's return on equity.
Republic Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. OFG Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Republic Bancorp pays out 34.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OFG Bancorp pays out 25.6% 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.
Summary
OFG Bancorp beats Republic Bancorp on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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