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Veritex (VBTX) Competitors

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VBTX vs. PFSI, VLY, OZK, FLG, BMA, HWC, SFBS, UPST, IFS, and ASB

Should you be buying Veritex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veritex include PennyMac Financial Services (PFSI), Valley National Bancorp (VLY), Bank OZK (OZK), Flagstar Financial (FLG), Banco Macro (BMA), Hancock Whitney (HWC), ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), Upstart (UPST), Intercorp Financial Services (IFS), and Associated Banc (ASB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Veritex vs.

Veritex (NASDAQ:VBTX) and PennyMac Financial Services (NYSE:PFSI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation and earnings.

PennyMac Financial Services received 158 more outperform votes than Veritex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.09% of users gave PennyMac Financial Services an outperform vote while only 51.39% of users gave Veritex an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VeritexOutperform Votes
240
51.39%
Underperform Votes
227
48.61%
PennyMac Financial ServicesOutperform Votes
398
64.09%
Underperform Votes
223
35.91%

88.3% of Veritex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.9% of PennyMac Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Veritex shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of PennyMac Financial Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Veritex has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennyMac Financial Services has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

PennyMac Financial Services has a net margin of 19.54% compared to Veritex's net margin of 13.44%. PennyMac Financial Services' return on equity of 16.61% beat Veritex's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Veritex13.44% 7.59% 0.93%
PennyMac Financial Services 19.54%16.61%2.72%

In the previous week, Veritex had 8 more articles in the media than PennyMac Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Veritex and 7 mentions for PennyMac Financial Services. PennyMac Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Veritex's score of 0.59 indicating that PennyMac Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Veritex
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PennyMac Financial Services
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Veritex pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. PennyMac Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Veritex pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PennyMac Financial Services pays out 20.5% 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.

Veritex currently has a consensus target price of $30.90, suggesting a potential upside of 44.39%. PennyMac Financial Services has a consensus target price of $122.17, suggesting a potential upside of 18.32%. Given Veritex's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Veritex is more favorable than PennyMac Financial Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Veritex
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
PennyMac Financial Services
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Veritex$425.65M2.74$107.24M$1.9510.97
PennyMac Financial Services$2.41B2.20$311.42M$5.8417.68

Summary

PennyMac Financial Services beats Veritex on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VBTX vs. The Competition

MetricVeritexState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.16B$2.75B$10.54B$7.16B
Dividend Yield3.20%3.78%5.42%4.06%
P/E Ratio10.9221.0721.4617.50
Price / Sales2.742.8124.9685.03
Price / Cash11.0310.6317.6234.64
Price / Book0.731.072.593.82
Net Income$107.24M$372.21M$1.03B$247.19M
7 Day Performance-12.58%-7.61%-4.82%-7.19%
1 Month Performance-14.74%-10.04%494.67%-9.97%
1 Year Performance7.97%8.45%530.90%-7.26%

Veritex Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VBTX
Veritex
4.6655 of 5 stars
$21.40
-4.2%
$30.90
+44.4%
+13.7%$1.16B$425.65M10.92770Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
PFSI
PennyMac Financial Services
4.7971 of 5 stars
$100.12
-0.2%
$122.17
+22.0%
+16.4%$5.15B$2.41B17.144,140Insider Trade
Positive News
VLY
Valley National Bancorp
4.396 of 5 stars
$8.89
+1.3%
$10.78
+21.2%
+6.0%$4.98B$1.84B12.883,830Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
Gap Down
OZK
Bank OZK
4.6507 of 5 stars
$43.45
-0.6%
$50.38
+15.9%
-12.1%$4.93B$1.66B7.082,650Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
FLG
Flagstar Financial
2.4171 of 5 stars
$11.63
+0.3%
$12.90
+10.9%
N/A$4.82B$2.58B-3.158,766Analyst Upgrade
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
BMA
Banco Macro
2.5812 of 5 stars
$75.34
-3.9%
$50.83
-32.5%
+48.7%$4.81B$3.23T6.608,000Gap Down
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.581 of 5 stars
$52.45
+1.1%
$62.56
+19.3%
+8.1%$4.52B$1.44B9.933,630Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
SFBS
ServisFirst Bancshares
3.5262 of 5 stars
$82.59
+0.8%
$93.50
+13.2%
+17.5%$4.51B$477.66M19.85570Ex-Dividend
Positive News
Gap Down
UPST
Upstart
3.9524 of 5 stars
$46.03
-2.7%
$73.38
+59.4%
+47.2%$4.31B$628.83M-31.531,880Gap Down
IFS
Intercorp Financial Services
3.8626 of 5 stars
$33.16
-1.0%
$30.00
-9.5%
+34.8%$3.79B$6.54B10.987,380Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
ASB
Associated Banc
4.9022 of 5 stars
$22.55
+0.7%
$27.11
+20.2%
-4.0%$3.73B$1.03B28.544,000Positive News
Gap Down
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This page (NASDAQ:VBTX) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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