TCBK vs. COLB, FFIN, GBCI, UBSI, FNB, ABCB, IBOC, BANF, TCBI, and FULT
Should you be buying TriCo Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TriCo Bancshares include Columbia Banking System (COLB), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), United Bankshares (UBSI), F.N.B. (FNB), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), International Bancshares (IBOC), BancFirst (BANF), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), and Fulton Financial (FULT). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
TriCo Bancshares vs.
Columbia Banking System (NASDAQ:COLB) and TriCo Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBK) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Columbia Banking System has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriCo Bancshares has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Columbia Banking System received 13 more outperform votes than TriCo Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.03% of users gave TriCo Bancshares an outperform vote while only 42.34% of users gave Columbia Banking System an outperform vote.
Columbia Banking System presently has a consensus price target of $31.25, indicating a potential upside of 23.42%. TriCo Bancshares has a consensus price target of $50.75, indicating a potential upside of 24.20%. Given TriCo Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TriCo Bancshares is more favorable than Columbia Banking System.
Columbia Banking System pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. TriCo Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Columbia Banking System pays out 56.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TriCo Bancshares pays out 38.2% 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.
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.
TriCo Bancshares has a net margin of 21.63% compared to Columbia Banking System's net margin of 17.99%. Columbia Banking System's return on equity of 11.21% beat TriCo Bancshares' return on equity.
92.5% of Columbia Banking System shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.1% of TriCo Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Columbia Banking System shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of TriCo Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Columbia Banking System had 8 more articles in the media than TriCo Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Columbia Banking System and 3 mentions for TriCo Bancshares. Columbia Banking System's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat TriCo Bancshares' score of 1.41 indicating that Columbia Banking System is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
TriCo Bancshares beats Columbia Banking System on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:TCBK) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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