Bancorp (TBBK) Competitors

Bancorp (NASDAQ:TBBK) and Webster Financial (NYSE:WBS) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TBBK or WBS?

96.2% of Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of Webster Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Webster Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, TBBK or WBS?

Bancorp has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Webster Financial has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor TBBK or WBS?

In the previous week, Bancorp and Bancorp both had 6 articles in the media. Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Webster Financial's score of 0.93 indicating that Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bancorp	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Webster Financial	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TBBK or WBS?

Webster Financial received 186 more outperform votes than Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.80% of users gave Bancorp an outperform vote while only 58.73% of users gave Webster Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bancorp	Outperform Votes 349 60.80%	Underperform Votes 225 39.20%
Webster Financial	Outperform Votes 535 58.73%	Underperform Votes 376 41.27%

Do analysts rate TBBK or WBS?

Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $67.67, indicating a potential upside of 17.77%. Webster Financial has a consensus price target of $62.08, indicating a potential upside of 8.64%. Given Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Bancorp is more favorable than Webster Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Webster Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TBBK or WBS?

Webster Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Bancorp. Webster Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bancorp, 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
Bancorp	$146.48M	18.80	$217.54M	$4.30	13.36
Webster Financial	$4.18B	2.34	$768.71M	$4.37	13.08

Is TBBK or WBS more profitable?

Bancorp has a net margin of 30.97% compared to Webster Financial's net margin of 18.39%. Bancorp's return on equity of 27.33% beat Webster Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bancorp	30.97%	27.33%	2.66%
Webster Financial	18.39%	10.82%	1.21%

Summary

Bancorp beats Webster Financial on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.