TriCo Bancshares (TCBK) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, GBCI or TCBK?

Glacier Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than TriCo Bancshares. TriCo Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glacier 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
Glacier Bancorp	$1.14B	5.11	$222.93M	$1.62	31.56
TriCo Bancshares	$390.90M	3.63	$117.39M	$3.36	12.78

Is GBCI or TCBK more profitable?

TriCo Bancshares has a net margin of 21.12% compared to Glacier Bancorp's net margin of 14.69%. TriCo Bancshares' return on equity of 9.45% beat Glacier Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Glacier Bancorp	14.69%	5.84%	0.65%
TriCo Bancshares	21.12%	9.45%	1.14%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GBCI or TCBK?

Glacier Bancorp received 7 more outperform votes than TriCo Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.14% of users gave TriCo Bancshares an outperform vote while only 49.34% of users gave Glacier Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Glacier Bancorp	Outperform Votes 262 49.34%	Underperform Votes 269 50.66%
TriCo Bancshares	Outperform Votes 255 54.14%	Underperform Votes 216 45.86%

Do analysts recommend GBCI or TCBK?

Glacier Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $52.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.70%. TriCo Bancshares has a consensus price target of $48.20, indicating a potential upside of 12.22%. Given TriCo Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TriCo Bancshares is more favorable than Glacier Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Glacier Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
TriCo Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals & insiders believe in GBCI or TCBK?

80.2% of Glacier Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.1% of TriCo Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Glacier Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of TriCo Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, GBCI or TCBK?

Glacier Bancorp has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriCo Bancshares has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to GBCI or TCBK?

In the previous week, Glacier Bancorp had 17 more articles in the media than TriCo Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Glacier Bancorp and 3 mentions for TriCo Bancshares. TriCo Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Glacier Bancorp's score of 0.26 indicating that TriCo Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Glacier Bancorp	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TriCo Bancshares	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GBCI or TCBK a better dividend stock?

Glacier Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. TriCo Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Glacier Bancorp pays out 81.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TriCo Bancshares pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TriCo Bancshares has increased 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.

Summary

TriCo Bancshares beats Glacier Bancorp on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.