CBFV vs. FRAF, UNB, PEBK, MBCN, CIZN, MCB, CCBG, FMNB, HONE, and WASH
Should you be buying CB Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CB Financial Services include Franklin Financial Services (FRAF), Union Bankshares (UNB), Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (PEBK), Middlefield Banc (MBCN), Citizens (CIZN), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), Farmers National Banc (FMNB), HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), and Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Franklin Financial Services (NASDAQ:FRAF) and CB Financial Services (NASDAQ:CBFV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
CB Financial Services has a consensus price target of $24.33, indicating a potential upside of 8.05%. Given Franklin Financial Services' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CB Financial Services is more favorable than Franklin Financial Services.
In the previous week, Franklin Financial Services had 2 more articles in the media than CB Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Franklin Financial Services and 2 mentions for CB Financial Services. CB Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Franklin Financial Services' score of 0.30 indicating that Franklin Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Franklin Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. CB Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Franklin Financial Services pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CB Financial Services pays out 22.7% 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. CB Financial Services has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
CB Financial Services received 135 more outperform votes than Franklin Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users.
Franklin Financial Services has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CB Financial Services has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
24.8% of Franklin Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.1% of CB Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of Franklin Financial Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of CB Financial Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CB Financial Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Franklin Financial Services. CB Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CB Financial Services has a net margin of 25.36% compared to CB Financial Services' net margin of 13.69%. CB Financial Services' return on equity of 10.91% beat Franklin Financial Services' return on equity.
Summary
CB Financial Services beats Franklin Financial Services on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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