CFB vs. CPF, FMBH, CATC, HTBK, LBC, FHB, CVBF, BOH, PPBI, and INDB
Should you be buying CrossFirst Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CrossFirst Bankshares include Central Pacific Financial (CPF), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Cambridge Bancorp (CATC), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Luther Burbank (LBC), First Hawaiian (FHB), CVB Financial (CVBF), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), and Independent Bank (INDB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Central Pacific Financial (NYSE:CPF) and CrossFirst Bankshares (NASDAQ:CFB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
Central Pacific Financial has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CrossFirst Bankshares has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CrossFirst Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than Central Pacific Financial. CrossFirst Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Central Pacific Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Central Pacific Financial has a net margin of 16.44% compared to Central Pacific Financial's net margin of 14.37%. CrossFirst Bankshares' 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 18.40%. CrossFirst Bankshares has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.07%. Given Central Pacific Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CrossFirst Bankshares is more favorable than Central Pacific Financial.
Central Pacific Financial received 231 more outperform votes than CrossFirst Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.80% of users gave Central Pacific Financial an outperform vote while only 46.00% of users gave CrossFirst Bankshares an outperform vote.
88.4% of Central Pacific Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.3% of CrossFirst Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Central Pacific Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of CrossFirst Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Central Pacific Financial and Central Pacific Financial both had 2 articles in the media. Central Pacific Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat CrossFirst Bankshares' score of 0.40 indicating that CrossFirst Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Central Pacific Financial beats CrossFirst Bankshares on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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