SRCE vs. VBTX, STBA, TCBK, GWB, GABC, COLB, HOMB, FNB, UMBF, and FFIN
Should you be buying 1st Source stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 1st Source include Veritex (VBTX), S&T Bancorp (STBA), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Great Western Bancorp (GWB), German American Bancorp (GABC), Columbia Banking System (COLB), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), F.N.B. (FNB), UMB Financial (UMBF), and First Financial Bankshares (FFIN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
1st Source vs.
1st Source (NASDAQ:SRCE) and Veritex (NASDAQ:VBTX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
74.5% of 1st Source shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of Veritex shares are held by institutional investors. 19.4% of 1st Source shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Veritex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
1st Source presently has a consensus target price of $64.75, suggesting a potential upside of 0.83%. Veritex has a consensus target price of $29.40, suggesting a potential upside of 1.45%. Given Veritex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Veritex is more favorable than 1st Source.
1st Source received 22 more outperform votes than Veritex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.14% of users gave 1st Source an outperform vote while only 50.87% of users gave Veritex an outperform vote.
1st Source pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Veritex pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. 1st Source pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Veritex pays out 51.3% 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. 1st Source has increased its dividend for 37 consecutive years.
1st Source has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Veritex. 1st Source is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veritex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Veritex had 1 more articles in the media than 1st Source. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Veritex and 1 mentions for 1st Source. Veritex's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat 1st Source's score of 0.61 indicating that Veritex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
1st Source has a net margin of 23.01% compared to Veritex's net margin of 11.11%. 1st Source's return on equity of 11.68% beat Veritex's return on equity.
1st Source has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veritex has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
1st Source and Veritex tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SRCE) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
