CBNK vs. SFST, LCNB, SHBI, ATLO, NKSH, SASR, OCFC, BFC, FBMS, and AMTB
Should you be buying Capital Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capital Bancorp include Southern First Bancshares (SFST), LCNB (LCNB), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), Ames National (ATLO), National Bankshares (NKSH), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Bank First (BFC), First Bancshares (FBMS), and Amerant Bancorp (AMTB). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Capital Bancorp (NASDAQ:CBNK) and Southern First Bancshares (NASDAQ:SFST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
56.1% of Capital Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of Southern First Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 32.5% of Capital Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Southern First Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Capital Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.25%. Southern First Bancshares has a consensus price target of $44.00, suggesting a potential upside of 65.91%. Given Southern First Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Southern First Bancshares is more favorable than Capital Bancorp.
In the previous week, Southern First Bancshares had 3 more articles in the media than Capital Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Southern First Bancshares and 1 mentions for Capital Bancorp. Capital Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Southern First Bancshares' score of 1.35 indicating that Capital Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Capital Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Southern First Bancshares. Capital Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southern First Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Capital Bancorp has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern First Bancshares has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Capital Bancorp has a net margin of 15.35% compared to Southern First Bancshares' net margin of 6.69%. Capital Bancorp's return on equity of 13.36% beat Southern First Bancshares' return on equity.
Southern First Bancshares received 95 more outperform votes than Capital Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.89% of users gave Capital Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.21% of users gave Southern First Bancshares an outperform vote.
Summary
Capital Bancorp beats Southern First Bancshares on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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