BDGE vs. CAC, HAFC, FISI, FNLC, FLIC, NKSH, ATLO, SASR, WABC, and NBHC
Should you be buying Bridge Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridge Bancorp include Camden National (CAC), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), Financial Institutions (FISI), First Bancorp (FNLC), First of Long Island (FLIC), National Bankshares (NKSH), Ames National (ATLO), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), and National Bank (NBHC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Bridge Bancorp (NASDAQ:BDGE) and Camden National (NASDAQ:CAC) 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, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, Camden National had 3 more articles in the media than Bridge Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Camden National and 0 mentions for Bridge Bancorp. Camden National's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Bridge Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Camden National is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bridge Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Camden National pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Bridge Bancorp pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Camden National pays out 56.6% 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.
Bridge Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Camden National. Bridge Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Camden National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bridge Bancorp has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camden National has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bridge Bancorp has a net margin of 23.05% compared to Camden National's net margin of 16.86%. Camden National's return on equity of 10.90% beat Bridge Bancorp's return on equity.
58.8% of Bridge Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.4% of Camden National shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.5% of Bridge Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Camden National shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bridge Bancorp received 20 more outperform votes than Camden National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.42% of users gave Camden National an outperform vote while only 55.93% of users gave Bridge Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
Camden National beats Bridge Bancorp on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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