Red River Bancshares (RRBI) Competitors

Red River Bancshares (NASDAQ:RRBI) and Sierra Bancorp (NASDAQ:BSRR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.

Is RRBI or BSRR a better dividend stock?

Red River Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Sierra Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Red River Bancshares pays out 7.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sierra Bancorp pays out 38.1% 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, RRBI or BSRR?

Red River Bancshares has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sierra Bancorp has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer RRBI or BSRR?

In the previous week, Sierra Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Red River Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Sierra Bancorp and 0 mentions for Red River Bancshares. Sierra Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Red River Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Sierra Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Red River Bancshares	Neutral
Sierra Bancorp	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RRBI or BSRR?

Sierra Bancorp received 181 more outperform votes than Red River Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.89% of users gave Sierra Bancorp an outperform vote while only 44.21% of users gave Red River Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Red River Bancshares	Outperform Votes 42 44.21%	Underperform Votes 53 55.79%
Sierra Bancorp	Outperform Votes 223 49.89%	Underperform Votes 224 50.11%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of RRBI or BSRR?

27.6% of Red River Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Sierra Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.4% of Red River Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Sierra Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is RRBI or BSRR more profitable?

Red River Bancshares has a net margin of 21.42% compared to Sierra Bancorp's net margin of 17.91%. Red River Bancshares' return on equity of 10.76% beat Sierra Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Red River Bancshares	21.42%	10.76%	1.08%
Sierra Bancorp	17.91%	10.48%	1.00%

Do analysts rate RRBI or BSRR?

Sierra Bancorp has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential downside of 16.59%. Given Sierra Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sierra Bancorp is more favorable than Red River Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Red River Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Sierra Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has better valuation and earnings, RRBI or BSRR?

Red River Bancshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sierra Bancorp. Sierra Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Red River Bancshares, 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
Red River Bancshares	$149.60M	2.66	$34.88M	$4.75	12.38
Sierra Bancorp	$193.52M	2.32	$34.84M	$2.52	12.37

Summary

Sierra Bancorp beats Red River Bancshares on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.