USCB vs. QCRH, CMPO, BY, CCB, FBMS, OBK, SII, FSUN, AMAL, and OBNK
Should you be buying USCB Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of USCB Financial include QCR (QCRH), CompoSecure (CMPO), Byline Bancorp (BY), Coastal Financial (CCB), First Bancshares (FBMS), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Sprott (SII), Firstsun Capital Bancorp (FSUN), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), and Origin Bancorp (OBNK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
USCB Financial vs.
QCR (NASDAQ:QCRH) and USCB Financial (NASDAQ:USCB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
QCR has a net margin of 19.25% compared to USCB Financial's net margin of 15.12%. QCR's return on equity of 12.92% beat USCB Financial's return on equity.
QCR presently has a consensus price target of $76.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.82%. USCB Financial has a consensus price target of $16.38, suggesting a potential downside of 10.03%. Given QCR's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe QCR is more favorable than USCB Financial.
QCR has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, USCB Financial has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, QCR had 5 more articles in the media than USCB Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for QCR and 1 mentions for USCB Financial. QCR's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat USCB Financial's score of 0.25 indicating that QCR is being referred to more favorably in the media.
QCR pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. USCB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. QCR pays out 3.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. USCB Financial pays out 19.4% 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.
70.0% of QCR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.3% of USCB Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of QCR shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.5% of USCB Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
QCR received 280 more outperform votes than USCB Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.70% of users gave QCR an outperform vote while only 59.09% of users gave USCB Financial an outperform vote.
QCR has higher revenue and earnings than USCB Financial. QCR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than USCB Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
QCR beats USCB Financial on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:USCB) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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