TCBK vs. BANR, BUSE, FFBC, FRME, PPBI, STBA, TOWN, UVSP, WSBC, and FCF
Should you be buying TriCo Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TriCo Bancshares include Banner (BANR), First Busey (BUSE), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Towne Bank (TOWN), Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP), WesBanco (WSBC), and First Commonwealth Financial (FCF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
TriCo Bancshares vs. Its Competitors
Banner (NASDAQ:BANR) and TriCo Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBK) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Banner has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriCo Bancshares has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
87.3% of Banner shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.1% of TriCo Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Banner shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of TriCo Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Banner pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. TriCo Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Banner pays out 37.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TriCo Bancshares pays out 38.5% 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 raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. TriCo Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
TriCo Bancshares has a net margin of 21.41% compared to Banner's net margin of 20.77%. Banner's return on equity of 9.95% beat TriCo Bancshares' return on equity.
In the previous week, Banner had 5 more articles in the media than TriCo Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Banner and 1 mentions for TriCo Bancshares. Banner's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat TriCo Bancshares' score of -0.35 indicating that Banner is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Banner currently has a consensus price target of $70.83, suggesting a potential upside of 3.77%. TriCo Bancshares has a consensus price target of $47.80, suggesting a potential upside of 11.87%. Given TriCo Bancshares' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TriCo Bancshares is more favorable than Banner.
Banner has higher revenue and earnings than TriCo Bancshares. TriCo Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banner, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Banner beats TriCo Bancshares on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:TCBK) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff