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Veritex (VBTX) Competitors

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$29.11 -0.88 (-2.93%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

VBTX vs. GBCI, COLB, HOMB, FFIN, UBSI, OZK, SFBS, HWC, ABCB, and IBOC

Should you be buying Veritex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veritex include Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Columbia Banking System (COLB), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), United Bankshares (UBSI), Bank OZK (OZK), ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), and International Bancshares (IBOC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.

Veritex vs.

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

80.2% of Glacier Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of Veritex shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Glacier Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Veritex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Glacier Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than Veritex. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Glacier Bancorp and 2 mentions for Veritex. Glacier Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Veritex's score of 0.85 indicating that Glacier Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Glacier Bancorp
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Veritex
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Glacier Bancorp has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veritex has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Glacier Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $48.83, suggesting a potential downside of 7.88%. Veritex has a consensus target price of $29.40, suggesting a potential upside of 1.00%. Given Veritex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Veritex 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
Veritex
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

Glacier Bancorp received 27 more outperform votes than Veritex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.87% of users gave Veritex an outperform vote while only 49.34% of users gave Glacier Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Glacier BancorpOutperform Votes
261
49.34%
Underperform Votes
268
50.66%
VeritexOutperform Votes
234
50.87%
Underperform Votes
226
49.13%

Glacier Bancorp has a net margin of 14.69% compared to Veritex's net margin of 11.11%. Veritex's return on equity of 7.79% beat Glacier Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Glacier Bancorp14.69% 5.84% 0.65%
Veritex 11.11%7.79%0.95%

Glacier Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Veritex pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. 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. Veritex pays out 51.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Veritex is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Glacier Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Veritex. Veritex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glacier Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Glacier Bancorp$784.58M7.66$222.93M$1.6232.72
Veritex$426.61M3.72$108.26M$1.5618.66

Summary

Veritex beats Glacier Bancorp on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VBTX vs. The Competition

MetricVeritexState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.59B$3.21B$10.70B$9.32B
Dividend Yield2.69%3.49%10.16%4.06%
P/E Ratio18.6617.3135.2817.55
Price / Sales3.723.413,046.06139.72
Price / Cash9.9011.2829.8437.95
Price / Book1.031.322.784.92
Net Income$108.26M$406.76M$1.03B$225.78M
7 Day Performance-1.92%-1.86%-1.26%-1.48%
1 Month Performance-0.55%-0.80%-0.02%5.36%
1 Year Performance24.83%21.61%15.77%22.71%

Veritex Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VBTX
Veritex
3.6121 of 5 stars
$29.11
-2.9%
$29.40
+1.0%
+24.8%$1.59B$426.61M18.66820
GBCI
Glacier Bancorp
2.8348 of 5 stars
$56.39
-1.3%
$48.83
-13.4%
+22.0%$6.39B$1.14B35.273,358Positive News
COLB
Columbia Banking System
3.4655 of 5 stars
$30.08
-0.4%
$28.19
-6.3%
+5.3%$6.30B$2.74B13.075,114Analyst Forecast
Positive News
HOMB
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)
3.1486 of 5 stars
$30.61
-1.3%
$30.50
-0.4%
+19.1%$6.09B$1.34B15.982,819
FFIN
First Financial Bankshares
3.9227 of 5 stars
$40.43
-1.2%
$40.00
-1.1%
+30.3%$5.78B$636.07M28.211,500Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.1016 of 5 stars
$41.56
-0.3%
$40.25
-3.2%
+6.6%$5.62B$1.54B15.792,635Positive News
OZK
Bank OZK
4.195 of 5 stars
$47.38
-0.2%
$49.13
+3.7%
-7.3%$5.38B$2.25B7.812,744Analyst Forecast
Positive News
SFBS
ServisFirst Bancshares
2.3635 of 5 stars
$94.81
-0.4%
$85.00
-10.3%
+41.9%$5.17B$443.96M25.45570Dividend Increase
News Coverage
Positive News
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.1245 of 5 stars
$58.52
-0.8%
$58.00
-0.9%
+20.6%$5.04B$1.91B13.213,591Short Interest ↓
Positive News
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
2.0758 of 5 stars
$68.27
-1.6%
$69.17
+1.3%
+25.3%$4.72B$1.52B14.702,765Positive News
IBOC
International Bancshares
4.2274 of 5 stars
$71.17
-1.1%
N/A+32.8%$4.43B$970.10M11.192,200Short Interest ↓
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:VBTX) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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