CALB vs. PFC, CNOB, UVSP, OSBC, CFB, FCBC, MCBS, GSBC, HBT, and MBWM
Should you be buying California BanCorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of California BanCorp include Premier Financial (PFC), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Univest Financial (UVSP), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), HBT Financial (HBT), and Mercantile Bank (MBWM). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
California BanCorp (NASDAQ:CALB) and Premier Financial (NASDAQ:PFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
Premier Financial received 6 more outperform votes than California BanCorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave California BanCorp an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Premier Financial an outperform vote.
Premier Financial has a net margin of 23.67% compared to California BanCorp's net margin of 17.16%. California BanCorp's return on equity of 10.90% beat Premier Financial's return on equity.
California BanCorp currently has a consensus target price of $26.25, indicating a potential upside of 26.14%. Premier Financial has a consensus target price of $22.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.55%. Given California BanCorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe California BanCorp is more favorable than Premier Financial.
In the previous week, California BanCorp and California BanCorp both had 1 articles in the media. Premier Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat California BanCorp's score of -0.50 indicating that Premier Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
59.5% of California BanCorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of Premier Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 10.8% of California BanCorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Premier Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
California BanCorp has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Premier Financial has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Premier Financial has higher revenue and earnings than California BanCorp. Premier Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than California BanCorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
California BanCorp beats Premier Financial on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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