CFFI vs. BWFG, OVLY, EBMT, CHMG, SBFG, GSBC, MBWM, HFWA, CPF, and HBNC
Should you be buying C&F Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of C&F Financial include Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG), Oak Valley Bancorp (OVLY), Eagle Bancorp Montana (EBMT), Chemung Financial (CHMG), SB Financial Group (SBFG), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Heritage Financial (HFWA), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), and Horizon Bancorp (HBNC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
C&F Financial (NASDAQ:CFFI) and Bankwell Financial Group (NASDAQ:BWFG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.
Bankwell Financial Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than C&F Financial. Bankwell Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than C&F Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bankwell Financial Group has a net margin of 15.28% compared to C&F Financial's net margin of 13.29%. Bankwell Financial Group's return on equity of 11.55% beat C&F Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, Bankwell Financial Group had 2 more articles in the media than C&F Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Bankwell Financial Group and 1 mentions for C&F Financial. C&F Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Bankwell Financial Group's score of 0.97 indicating that C&F Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
C&F Financial has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bankwell Financial Group has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
C&F Financial received 7 more outperform votes than Bankwell Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.59% of users gave C&F Financial an outperform vote while only 63.10% of users gave Bankwell Financial Group an outperform vote.
C&F Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Bankwell Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. C&F Financial pays out 29.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bankwell Financial Group pays out 20.8% 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.
Bankwell Financial Group has a consensus price target of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 37.65%. Given Bankwell Financial Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bankwell Financial Group is more favorable than C&F Financial.
37.2% of C&F Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.8% of Bankwell Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of C&F Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of Bankwell Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Bankwell Financial Group beats C&F Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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