Silvergate Capital (NYSE:SI – Get Rating) and Republic First Bancorp (NASDAQ:FRBK – Get Rating) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Silvergate Capital and Republic First Bancorp, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Get Silvergate Capital alerts:| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Silvergate Capital | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2.82 |
| Republic First Bancorp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Silvergate Capital presently has a consensus price target of $156.08, suggesting a potential upside of 107.14%. Given Silvergate Capital's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Silvergate Capital is more favorable than Republic First Bancorp.
Profitability
This table compares Silvergate Capital and Republic First Bancorp's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Silvergate Capital | 45.70% | 7.85% | 0.73% |
| Republic First Bancorp | 13.94% | 7.93% | 0.47% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
77.7% of Silvergate Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of Republic First Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Silvergate Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.4% of Republic First Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Silvergate Capital and Republic First Bancorp's top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Silvergate Capital | $175.65 million | 13.57 | $78.53 million | $3.46 | 21.78 |
| Republic First Bancorp | $180.55 million | 1.00 | $25.18 million | $0.33 | 8.58 |
Silvergate Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Republic First Bancorp. Republic First Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silvergate Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility & Risk
Silvergate Capital has a beta of 3.07, suggesting that its share price is 207% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Republic First Bancorp has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Summary
Silvergate Capital beats Republic First Bancorp on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Silvergate Capital
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Silvergate Capital Corporation operates as a bank holding company for Silvergate Bank that provides banking products and services to business and individual clients in the United States. The company accepts deposit products, including interest and noninterest bearing demand accounts, money market and savings accounts, and certificates of deposit accounts. Its loan products comprise one-to-four family real estate loans, multi-family real estate loans, commercial real estate loans, construction loans, commercial and industrial loans, mortgage warehouse loans, and reverse mortgage loans, as well as consumer loans and other loans secured by personal property. The company also provides cash management services for digital currency-related businesses. Silvergate Capital Corporation was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in La Jolla, California.
About Republic First Bancorp
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Republic First Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Republic First Bank that provides a range of credit and depository banking products and services to individuals and businesses. It accepts consumer and commercial deposit, checking, interest-bearing demand, money market, savings, sweep, and individual retirement accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. The company also offers secured and unsecured commercial, real estate, construction and land development, automobile, and home improvement loans; mortgages, home equity and overdraft lines of credit, and other products; and lockbox services. As of April 5, 2022, it operated 34 offices located in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester counties in New Jersey; Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties in Pennsylvania; and New York County in New York. Republic First Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1987 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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