TriCo Bancshares (TCBK) Competitors

TriCo Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBK) and Columbia Banking System (NASDAQ:COLB) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TCBK or COLB?

Columbia Banking System received 12 more outperform votes than TriCo Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.14% of users gave TriCo Bancshares an outperform vote while only 42.52% of users gave Columbia Banking System an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TriCo Bancshares	Outperform Votes 255 54.14%	Underperform Votes 216 45.86%
Columbia Banking System	Outperform Votes 267 42.52%	Underperform Votes 361 57.48%

Is TCBK or COLB more profitable?

TriCo Bancshares has a net margin of 21.12% compared to Columbia Banking System's net margin of 16.15%. Columbia Banking System's return on equity of 10.13% beat TriCo Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TriCo Bancshares	21.12%	9.45%	1.14%
Columbia Banking System	16.15%	10.13%	0.98%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, TCBK or COLB?

Columbia Banking System has higher revenue and earnings than TriCo Bancshares. Columbia Banking System is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TriCo Bancshares, 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
TriCo Bancshares	$390.90M	3.75	$117.39M	$3.36	13.23
Columbia Banking System	$1.96B	2.90	$348.71M	$2.31	11.77

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TCBK or COLB?

59.1% of TriCo Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Columbia Banking System shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of TriCo Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Columbia Banking System shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer TCBK or COLB?

TriCo Bancshares presently has a consensus price target of $48.20, suggesting a potential upside of 8.44%. Columbia Banking System has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.66%. Given TriCo Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TriCo Bancshares is more favorable than Columbia Banking System.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TriCo Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Columbia Banking System	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23

Does the media favor TCBK or COLB?

In the previous week, Columbia Banking System had 4 more articles in the media than TriCo Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Columbia Banking System and 5 mentions for TriCo Bancshares. Columbia Banking System's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat TriCo Bancshares' score of 0.68 indicating that Columbia Banking System is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TriCo Bancshares	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Columbia Banking System	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, TCBK or COLB?

TriCo Bancshares has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbia Banking System has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TCBK or COLB a better dividend stock?

TriCo Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Columbia Banking System pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. TriCo Bancshares pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Columbia Banking System pays out 62.3% 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. TriCo Bancshares has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Summary

TriCo Bancshares beats Columbia Banking System on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.