CNOB vs. FMBH, CTBI, PFC, SBSI, LBAI, OSBC, UVSP, CFB, MCBS, and FCBC
Should you be buying ConnectOne Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ConnectOne Bancorp include First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Premier Financial (PFC), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), Univest Financial (UVSP), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), and First Community Bankshares (FCBC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
ConnectOne Bancorp (NASDAQ:CNOB) and First Mid Bancshares (NASDAQ:FMBH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
ConnectOne Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $24.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.07%. First Mid Bancshares has a consensus target price of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.65%. Given ConnectOne Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ConnectOne Bancorp is more favorable than First Mid Bancshares.
First Mid Bancshares has a net margin of 17.01% compared to ConnectOne Bancorp's net margin of 15.29%. First Mid Bancshares' return on equity of 10.56% beat ConnectOne Bancorp's return on equity.
ConnectOne Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First Mid Bancshares. First Mid Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ConnectOne Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ConnectOne Bancorp has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Mid Bancshares has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ConnectOne Bancorp received 73 more outperform votes than First Mid Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.82% of users gave ConnectOne Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.23% of users gave First Mid Bancshares an outperform vote.
ConnectOne Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. First Mid Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. ConnectOne Bancorp pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Mid Bancshares pays out 29.7% 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.
67.7% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of First Mid Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of First Mid Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, ConnectOne Bancorp and ConnectOne Bancorp both had 2 articles in the media. ConnectOne Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat First Mid Bancshares' score of 1.87 indicating that ConnectOne Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
ConnectOne Bancorp beats First Mid Bancshares on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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