CALB vs. HMST, BWFG, MBCN, MYFW, CZFS, OVLY, PKBK, NWFL, CHMG, and CBAN
Should you be buying California BanCorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of California BanCorp include HomeStreet (HMST), Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG), Middlefield Banc (MBCN), First Western Financial (MYFW), Citizens Financial Services (CZFS), Oak Valley Bancorp (OVLY), Parke Bancorp (PKBK), Norwood Financial (NWFL), Chemung Financial (CHMG), and Colony Bankcorp (CBAN). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
California BanCorp (NASDAQ:CALB) and HomeStreet (NASDAQ:HMST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, HomeStreet had 3 more articles in the media than California BanCorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for HomeStreet and 2 mentions for California BanCorp. HomeStreet's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat California BanCorp's score of 0.68 indicating that HomeStreet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
California BanCorp has a net margin of 17.16% compared to HomeStreet's net margin of -8.97%. California BanCorp's return on equity of 10.90% beat HomeStreet's return on equity.
California BanCorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than HomeStreet. HomeStreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than California BanCorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HomeStreet received 255 more outperform votes than California BanCorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.68% of users gave HomeStreet an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave California BanCorp an outperform vote.
California BanCorp currently has a consensus target price of $26.25, suggesting a potential upside of 17.92%. HomeStreet has a consensus target price of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 26.51%. Given HomeStreet's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HomeStreet is more favorable than California BanCorp.
California BanCorp has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HomeStreet has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
59.5% of California BanCorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of HomeStreet shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of California BanCorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of HomeStreet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
California BanCorp beats HomeStreet on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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