Trinity Capital (TRIN) Competitors

Atlantic Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:AUB) and Trinity Capital (NASDAQ:TRIN) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking and earnings.

Is AUB or TRIN a better dividend stock?

Atlantic Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Trinity Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.0%. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays out 56.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trinity Capital pays out 119.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Atlantic Union Bankshares has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Which has better earnings & valuation, AUB or TRIN?

Atlantic Union Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than Trinity Capital. Trinity Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlantic Union Bankshares, 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
Atlantic Union Bankshares	$1.05B	3.25	$201.82M	$2.41	15.69
Trinity Capital	$181.85M	4.73	$76.89M	$1.71	8.54

Which has more volatility and risk, AUB or TRIN?

Atlantic Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinity Capital has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer AUB or TRIN?

Atlantic Union Bankshares currently has a consensus price target of $44.60, suggesting a potential upside of 17.95%. Trinity Capital has a consensus price target of $15.17, suggesting a potential upside of 3.81%. Given Atlantic Union Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Atlantic Union Bankshares is more favorable than Trinity Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atlantic Union Bankshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Trinity Capital	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media prefer AUB or TRIN?

In the previous week, Atlantic Union Bankshares and Atlantic Union Bankshares both had 4 articles in the media. Trinity Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Atlantic Union Bankshares' score of -0.02 indicating that Trinity Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Atlantic Union Bankshares	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Trinity Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AUB or TRIN more profitable?

Trinity Capital has a net margin of 40.73% compared to Atlantic Union Bankshares' net margin of 16.25%. Trinity Capital's return on equity of 15.90% beat Atlantic Union Bankshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atlantic Union Bankshares	16.25%	8.85%	1.09%
Trinity Capital	40.73%	15.90%	7.14%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AUB or TRIN?

Trinity Capital received 31 more outperform votes than Atlantic Union Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.71% of users gave Atlantic Union Bankshares an outperform vote while only 54.64% of users gave Trinity Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Atlantic Union Bankshares	Outperform Votes 22 64.71%	Underperform Votes 12 35.29%
Trinity Capital	Outperform Votes 53 54.64%	Underperform Votes 44 45.36%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AUB or TRIN?

78.6% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.6% of Trinity Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Trinity Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Atlantic Union Bankshares beats Trinity Capital on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.