ISTR vs. TCFC, PWOD, SBBX, PKBK, CHMG, MCBS, MBWM, HBT, GSBC, and CCB
Should you be buying Investar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Investar include Community Financial (TCFC), Penns Woods Bancorp (PWOD), SB One Bancorp (SBBX), Parke Bancorp (PKBK), Chemung Financial (CHMG), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), HBT Financial (HBT), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), and Coastal Financial (CCB).
Community Financial (NASDAQ:TCFC) and Investar (NASDAQ:ISTR) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Community Financial received 9 more outperform votes than Investar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.26% of users gave Community Financial an outperform vote while only 60.06% of users gave Investar an outperform vote.
Community Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Investar. Community Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Investar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Community Financial and Community Financial both had 5 articles in the media. Community Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Investar's score of -0.02 indicating that Investar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
37.8% of Community Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.2% of Investar shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Community Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Investar shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Community Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Investar pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Community Financial pays out 13.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Investar pays out 22.3% 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. Community Financial has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Investar has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years. Community Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Community Financial has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Investar has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Investar has a consensus price target of $16.08, suggesting a potential upside of 1.47%. Given Community Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Investar is more favorable than Community Financial.
Community Financial has a net margin of 29.65% compared to Community Financial's net margin of 12.02%. Investar's return on equity of 15.94% beat Community Financial's return on equity.
Summary
Community Financial beats Investar on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Investar News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ISTR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ISTR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Investar Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
