WTBA vs. SRCE, TCBK, STBA, WABC, RBCAA, BUSE, PFBC, GABC, PEBO, and CTBI
Should you be buying West Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of West Bancorporation include 1st Source (SRCE), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), First Busey (BUSE), Preferred Bank (PFBC), German American Bancorp (GABC), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), and Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
West Bancorporation vs.
1st Source (NASDAQ:SRCE) and West Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WTBA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, 1st Source had 4 more articles in the media than West Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for 1st Source and 2 mentions for West Bancorporation. West Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat 1st Source's score of 0.38 indicating that West Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
1st Source has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, West Bancorporation has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
74.5% of 1st Source shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.3% of West Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.4% of 1st Source shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of West Bancorporation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
1st Source has higher revenue and earnings than West Bancorporation. 1st Source is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than West Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
1st Source currently has a consensus price target of $64.75, suggesting a potential upside of 11.50%. West Bancorporation has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.48%. Given 1st Source's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe 1st Source is more favorable than West Bancorporation.
1st Source received 148 more outperform votes than West Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.89% of users gave 1st Source an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave West Bancorporation an outperform vote.
1st Source has a net margin of 23.01% compared to West Bancorporation's net margin of 11.17%. 1st Source's return on equity of 11.68% beat West Bancorporation's return on equity.
1st Source pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. West Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. 1st Source pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. West Bancorporation pays out 78.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 1st Source has raised its dividend for 37 consecutive years.
Summary
1st Source beats West Bancorporation on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WTBA) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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