CATC vs. CPF, FSB, CFB, CNBKA, FFIC, HTH, SBCF, TOWN, IBTX, and HTLF
Should you be buying Cambridge Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cambridge Bancorp include Central Pacific Financial (CPF), Franklin Financial Network (FSB), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), Century Bancorp (CNBKA), Flushing Financial (FFIC), Hilltop (HTH), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), TowneBank (TOWN), Independent Bank Group (IBTX), and Heartland Financial USA (HTLF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Central Pacific Financial (NYSE:CPF) and Cambridge Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
Central Pacific Financial has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cambridge Bancorp has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Central Pacific Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cambridge Bancorp. Central Pacific Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cambridge Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
88.4% of Central Pacific Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of Cambridge Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Central Pacific Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Cambridge Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Central Pacific Financial has a net margin of 16.44% compared to Central Pacific Financial's net margin of 10.11%. Cambridge Bancorp's return on equity of 11.34% beat Central Pacific Financial's return on equity.
Central Pacific Financial currently has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.34%. Cambridge Bancorp has a consensus target price of $73.15, suggesting a potential upside of 9.28%. Given Cambridge Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Central Pacific Financial is more favorable than Cambridge Bancorp.
In the previous week, Cambridge Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Central Pacific Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Cambridge Bancorp and 2 mentions for Central Pacific Financial. Central Pacific Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Cambridge Bancorp's score of 0.50 indicating that Cambridge Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Central Pacific Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Cambridge Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Central Pacific Financial pays out 50.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cambridge Bancorp pays out 73.8% 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. Cambridge Bancorp has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years. Central Pacific Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Central Pacific Financial received 127 more outperform votes than Cambridge Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.80% of users gave Central Pacific Financial an outperform vote while only 56.19% of users gave Cambridge Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
Central Pacific Financial beats Cambridge Bancorp on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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