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Sierra Bancorp vs Oak Valley Bancorp

BSRR and OVLY side by side, both in commercial banks. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How BSRR and OVLY compare

Sierra Bancorp is the larger company, worth 1.9 times as much as Oak Valley Bancorp ($543M against $290M).

On earnings, Sierra Bancorp is cheaper: it trades at 10.8× trailing earnings, against 12.2× for Oak Valley Bancorp.

Oak Valley Bancorp grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (7.4% versus 2.8% for Sierra Bancorp).

Sierra Bancorp keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 40.8% compared with 28.0% at Oak Valley Bancorp.

Both pay dividends: Sierra Bancorp yields 2.5% and Oak Valley Bancorp 2.2%.

Sierra Bancorp scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 11 for Oak Valley Bancorp), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricBSRROVLY
Size and price
Market cap$543M$290M
Share price$41.90$34.43
Change, 1 year43.1%27.3%
Change, 5 years59.1%93.8%
Beta (5Y)0.670.37
Employees55245
StockData Score
Total score16 (better)11
Valuation score12 (better)
Growth score2 (better)0
Performance score5 (better)3
Health score4 (better)3
Dividend score4 (better)3
Valuation
P/E10.8× (better)12.2×
P/S4.4×3.5× (better)
P/B1.5×1.3× (better)
P/FCF10.7× (better)11.8×
PEG0.93 (better)11.48
FCF yield9.3% (better)8.5%
Fair value$37.65$31.59
Margin of safety−11.3%−9.0% (better)
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)2.8%7.4% (better)
Revenue growth, 5Y average3.5%10.4% (better)
Net income growth (TTM)27.2% (better)−3.2%
EPS growth (TTM)35.2% (better)−3.8%
EPS growth, 5Y average6.0%11.4% (better)
Profitability
Net margin40.8% (better)28.0%
FCF margin40.9% (better)29.2%
Return on equity14.0% (better)11.6%
Financial health
Altman Z-score0.240.28 (better)
Piotroski F-score6 (better)5
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield2.5% (better)2.2%
Payout ratio27.1%24.1%
Years of dividend growth25 (better)
Dividend growth, 5Y average4.6%33.8% (better)
Buyback yield4.1%–
Shareholder yield6.6% (better)2.2%
Ownership
Held by institutions60.0%35.0%
Held by insiders7.0%22.9%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$2.3M$106K (better)
Short interest, % of float3.3%1.2%

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