WTBA vs. TCBK, BUSE, HOPE, WABC, RBCAA, PFBC, GABC, PEBO, CTBI, and SBSI
Should you be buying West Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of West Bancorporation include TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), First Busey (BUSE), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), Preferred Bank (PFBC), German American Bancorp (GABC), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), and Southside Bancshares (SBSI). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
West Bancorporation vs.
West Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WTBA) and TriCo Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.
TriCo Bancshares has a net margin of 21.63% compared to West Bancorporation's net margin of 12.12%. West Bancorporation's return on equity of 10.56% beat TriCo Bancshares' return on equity.
West Bancorporation currently has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.72%. TriCo Bancshares has a consensus price target of $50.75, suggesting a potential upside of 15.21%. Given TriCo Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TriCo Bancshares is more favorable than West Bancorporation.
West Bancorporation has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriCo Bancshares has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
44.3% of West Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.1% of TriCo Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of West Bancorporation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of TriCo Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
TriCo Bancshares received 147 more outperform votes than West Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.03% of users gave TriCo Bancshares an outperform vote while only 45.57% of users gave West Bancorporation an outperform vote.
West Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. TriCo Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. West Bancorporation pays out 69.9% 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.
In the previous week, West Bancorporation had 4 more articles in the media than TriCo Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for West Bancorporation and 0 mentions for TriCo Bancshares. TriCo Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat West Bancorporation's score of 1.21 indicating that TriCo Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TriCo Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than West Bancorporation. TriCo Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than West Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
TriCo Bancshares beats West Bancorporation on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WTBA) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
