CATC vs. MCBC, MSBI, HTBK, HONE, TRST, HBNC, EQBK, CCBG, BFST, and CCB
Should you be buying Cambridge Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cambridge Bancorp include Macatawa Bank (MCBC), Midland States Bancorp (MSBI), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), Business First Bancshares (BFST), and Coastal Financial (CCB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Cambridge Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATC) and Macatawa Bank (NASDAQ:MCBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
Macatawa Bank has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cambridge Bancorp. Macatawa Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cambridge Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Macatawa Bank has a net margin of 30.56% compared to Cambridge Bancorp's net margin of 10.11%. Macatawa Bank's return on equity of 14.73% beat Cambridge Bancorp's return on equity.
Macatawa Bank received 69 more outperform votes than Cambridge Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.21% of users gave Macatawa Bank an outperform vote while only 56.19% of users gave Cambridge Bancorp an outperform vote.
Cambridge Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $73.15, suggesting a potential upside of 15.85%. Macatawa Bank has a consensus price target of $12.83, suggesting a potential downside of 9.69%. Given Cambridge Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cambridge Bancorp is more favorable than Macatawa Bank.
55.5% of Cambridge Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.5% of Macatawa Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Cambridge Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Macatawa Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Macatawa Bank had 9 more articles in the media than Cambridge Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Macatawa Bank and 7 mentions for Cambridge Bancorp. Cambridge Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Macatawa Bank's score of -0.09 indicating that Cambridge Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cambridge Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Macatawa Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Cambridge Bancorp pays out 73.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Macatawa Bank pays out 30.0% 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.
Cambridge Bancorp has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Macatawa Bank has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Macatawa Bank beats Cambridge Bancorp on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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