Red River Bancshares (RRBI) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer VBTX or RRBI?

In the previous week, Veritex had 2 more articles in the media than Red River Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Veritex and 3 mentions for Red River Bancshares. Veritex's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Red River Bancshares' score of 0.85 indicating that Veritex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Veritex	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Red River Bancshares	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate VBTX or RRBI?

Veritex currently has a consensus target price of $31.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.34%. Given Veritex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Veritex is more favorable than Red River Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Veritex	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Red River Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is VBTX or RRBI more profitable?

Red River Bancshares has a net margin of 21.71% compared to Veritex's net margin of 13.44%. Red River Bancshares' return on equity of 11.04% beat Veritex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Veritex	13.44%	7.59%	0.93%
Red River Bancshares	21.71%	11.04%	1.11%

Is VBTX or RRBI a better dividend stock?

Veritex pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Red River Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Veritex pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Red River Bancshares pays out 9.7% 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 risk and volatility, VBTX or RRBI?

Veritex has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Red River Bancshares has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, VBTX or RRBI?

Veritex has higher revenue and earnings than Red River Bancshares. Red River Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veritex, 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
Veritex	$425.65M	3.14	$107.24M	$1.95	12.59
Red River Bancshares	$108.84M	3.23	$34.24M	$4.96	10.45

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VBTX or RRBI?

Veritex received 197 more outperform votes than Red River Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.29% of users gave Veritex an outperform vote while only 44.21% of users gave Red River Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Veritex	Outperform Votes 239 51.29%	Underperform Votes 227 48.71%
Red River Bancshares	Outperform Votes 42 44.21%	Underperform Votes 53 55.79%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of VBTX or RRBI?

88.3% of Veritex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.5% of Red River Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Veritex shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Red River Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Veritex beats Red River Bancshares on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.