FMNB vs. CCBG, SPFI, CCNE, IBCP, RRBI, TRMK, OFG, TBBK, NBTB, and RNST
Should you be buying Farmers National Banc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Farmers National Banc include Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), South Plains Financial (SPFI), CNB Financial (CCNE), Independent Bank (IBCP), Red River Bancshares (RRBI), Trustmark (TRMK), OFG Bancorp (OFG), Bancorp (TBBK), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), and Renasant (RNST). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Farmers National Banc (NASDAQ:FMNB) and Capital City Bank Group (NASDAQ:CCBG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, Capital City Bank Group had 1 more articles in the media than Farmers National Banc. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Capital City Bank Group and 0 mentions for Farmers National Banc. Capital City Bank Group's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Farmers National Banc's score of 0.00 indicating that Capital City Bank Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
38.7% of Farmers National Banc shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.6% of Capital City Bank Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of Farmers National Banc shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.4% of Capital City Bank Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Farmers National Banc presently has a consensus target price of $15.33, suggesting a potential upside of 27.35%. Capital City Bank Group has a consensus target price of $34.25, suggesting a potential upside of 27.23%. Given Farmers National Banc's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Farmers National Banc is more favorable than Capital City Bank Group.
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 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.
Farmers National Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Capital City Bank Group pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Farmers National Banc pays out 46.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital City Bank Group pays out 27.4% 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.
Farmers National Banc has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital City Bank Group has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Capital City Bank Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Summary
Capital City Bank Group beats Farmers National Banc on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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