CCBG vs. FMNB, WASH, THFF, HTBK, MSBI, CCNE, IBCP, BFST, HBNC, and CPF
Should you be buying Capital City Bank Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capital City Bank Group include Farmers National Banc (FMNB), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), First Financial (THFF), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Midland States Bancorp (MSBI), CNB Financial (CCNE), Independent Bank (IBCP), Business First Bancshares (BFST), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), and Central Pacific Financial (CPF). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Capital City Bank Group (NASDAQ:CCBG) and Farmers National Banc (NASDAQ:FMNB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.
44.6% of Capital City Bank Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.7% of Farmers National Banc shares are held by institutional investors. 19.4% of Capital City Bank Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Farmers National Banc shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Farmers National Banc has a net margin of 21.05% compared to Capital City Bank Group's net margin of 19.86%. Farmers National Banc's return on equity of 15.68% beat Capital City Bank Group's return on equity.
Capital City Bank Group pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Farmers National Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Capital City Bank Group pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Farmers National Banc pays out 46.9% 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.
Capital City Bank Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Farmers National Banc. Farmers National Banc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital City Bank Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Capital City Bank Group has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Farmers National Banc has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Capital City Bank Group presently has a consensus target price of $34.25, indicating a potential upside of 21.67%. Farmers National Banc has a consensus target price of $15.33, indicating a potential upside of 19.89%. Given Capital City Bank Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Capital City Bank Group is more favorable than Farmers National Banc.
In the previous week, Capital City Bank Group's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Farmers National Banc's score of 1.44 indicating that Capital City Bank Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Capital City Bank Group received 35 more outperform votes than Farmers National Banc when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.60% of users gave Farmers National Banc an outperform vote while only 54.35% of users gave Capital City Bank Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Capital City Bank Group beats Farmers National Banc on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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