SASR vs. COLB, FFIN, GBCI, UBSI, FNB, ABCB, IBOC, BANF, TCBI, and FULT
Should you be buying Sandy Spring Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sandy Spring Bancorp include Columbia Banking System (COLB), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), United Bankshares (UBSI), F.N.B. (FNB), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), International Bancshares (IBOC), BancFirst (BANF), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), and Fulton Financial (FULT). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Sandy Spring Bancorp vs.
Columbia Banking System (NASDAQ:COLB) and Sandy Spring Bancorp (NASDAQ:SASR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
Sandy Spring Bancorp received 22 more outperform votes than Columbia Banking System when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.13% of users gave Sandy Spring Bancorp an outperform vote while only 42.34% of users gave Columbia Banking System an outperform vote.
Columbia Banking System has a net margin of 17.99% compared to Sandy Spring Bancorp's net margin of 2.65%. Columbia Banking System's return on equity of 11.21% beat Sandy Spring Bancorp's return on equity.
Columbia Banking System has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sandy Spring Bancorp has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Columbia Banking System pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Sandy Spring Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Columbia Banking System pays out 56.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sandy Spring Bancorp pays out 302.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Columbia Banking System is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Columbia Banking System has higher revenue and earnings than Sandy Spring Bancorp. Columbia Banking System is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sandy Spring Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
92.5% of Columbia Banking System shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.9% of Sandy Spring Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Columbia Banking System shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Sandy Spring Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Columbia Banking System currently has a consensus price target of $31.25, suggesting a potential upside of 23.42%. Sandy Spring Bancorp has a consensus price target of $29.33, suggesting a potential upside of 2.96%. Given Columbia Banking System's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Columbia Banking System is more favorable than Sandy Spring Bancorp.
In the previous week, Columbia Banking System had 4 more articles in the media than Sandy Spring Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Columbia Banking System and 7 mentions for Sandy Spring Bancorp. Sandy Spring Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Columbia Banking System's score of 1.44 indicating that Sandy Spring Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Columbia Banking System beats Sandy Spring Bancorp on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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