STBA vs. SRCE, TCBK, GWB, FBNC, GABC, GBCI, COLB, HOMB, UMBF, and FNB
Should you be buying S&T Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of S&T Bancorp include 1st Source (SRCE), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Great Western Bancorp (GWB), First Bancorp (FBNC), German American Bancorp (GABC), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Columbia Banking System (COLB), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), UMB Financial (UMBF), and F.N.B. (FNB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
S&T Bancorp vs.
1st Source (NASDAQ:SRCE) and S&T Bancorp (NASDAQ:STBA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, S&T Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than 1st Source. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for S&T Bancorp and 1 mentions for 1st Source. S&T Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat 1st Source's score of 0.61 indicating that S&T Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
1st Source has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, S&T Bancorp has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
1st Source pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. S&T Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 1st Source pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. S&T Bancorp pays out 38.7% 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. 1st Source has increased its dividend for 37 consecutive years and S&T Bancorp has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years.
S&T Bancorp has a net margin of 23.69% compared to 1st Source's net margin of 23.01%. 1st Source's return on equity of 11.68% beat S&T Bancorp's return on equity.
S&T Bancorp received 13 more outperform votes than 1st Source when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.14% of users gave 1st Source an outperform vote while only 49.91% of users gave S&T Bancorp an outperform vote.
74.5% of 1st Source shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of S&T Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.4% of 1st Source shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of S&T Bancorp shares are owned by company 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.
1st Source currently has a consensus target price of $64.75, indicating a potential upside of 0.83%. S&T Bancorp has a consensus target price of $41.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.29%. Given 1st Source's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe 1st Source is more favorable than S&T Bancorp.
S&T Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than 1st Source. S&T Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 1st Source, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
1st Source beats S&T Bancorp on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:STBA) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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