BCML vs. CVCY, PKBK, UNTY, SBBX, ORRF, OBNK, LBAI, SBSI, CNOB, and AMAL
Should you be buying BayCom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BayCom include Central Valley Community Bancorp (CVCY), Parke Bancorp (PKBK), Unity Bancorp (UNTY), SB One Bancorp (SBBX), Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), and Amalgamated Financial (AMAL). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
BayCom (NASDAQ:BCML) and Central Valley Community Bancorp (NASDAQ:CVCY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
BayCom presently has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.52%. Central Valley Community Bancorp has a consensus target price of $20.33, suggesting a potential upside of ∞. Given Central Valley Community Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Central Valley Community Bancorp is more favorable than BayCom.
BayCom has higher revenue and earnings than Central Valley Community Bancorp. Central Valley Community Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BayCom, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, BayCom had 4 more articles in the media than Central Valley Community Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for BayCom and 1 mentions for Central Valley Community Bancorp. BayCom's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Central Valley Community Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that BayCom is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BayCom pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Central Valley Community Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share. BayCom pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Central Valley Community Bancorp pays out 22.1% 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. BayCom is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
BayCom has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Valley Community Bancorp has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Central Valley Community Bancorp received 153 more outperform votes than BayCom when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.49% of users gave Central Valley Community Bancorp an outperform vote while only 54.67% of users gave BayCom an outperform vote.
Central Valley Community Bancorp has a net margin of 23.39% compared to BayCom's net margin of 19.27%. Central Valley Community Bancorp's return on equity of 13.47% beat BayCom's return on equity.
66.2% of BayCom shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.2% of Central Valley Community Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of BayCom shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Central Valley Community Bancorp shares are owned 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.
Summary
Central Valley Community Bancorp beats BayCom on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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