CCBG vs. WASH, FMNB, THFF, HTBK, CCNE, IBCP, MSBI, CPF, HBNC, and BFST
Should you be buying Capital City Bank Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capital City Bank Group include Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), Farmers National Banc (FMNB), First Financial (THFF), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), CNB Financial (CCNE), Independent Bank (IBCP), Midland States Bancorp (MSBI), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), and Business First Bancshares (BFST). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Capital City Bank Group (NASDAQ:CCBG) and Washington Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:WASH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
Capital City Bank Group has a net margin of 19.86% compared to Washington Trust Bancorp's net margin of 12.01%. Capital City Bank Group's return on equity of 12.26% beat Washington Trust Bancorp's return on equity.
Capital City Bank Group received 38 more outperform votes than Washington Trust Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.35% of users gave Capital City Bank Group an outperform vote while only 53.89% of users gave Washington Trust Bancorp an outperform vote.
Capital City Bank Group has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Washington Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
44.6% of Capital City Bank Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Washington Trust Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 19.4% of Capital City Bank Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Washington Trust Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Capital City Bank Group presently has a consensus target price of $34.25, indicating a potential upside of 28.61%. Given Capital City Bank Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Capital City Bank Group is more favorable than Washington Trust Bancorp.
Capital City Bank Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Washington Trust Bancorp. Capital City Bank Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Washington Trust Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Capital City Bank Group pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Washington Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Capital City Bank Group pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Washington Trust Bancorp pays out 82.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Washington Trust Bancorp had 13 more articles in the media than Capital City Bank Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Washington Trust Bancorp and 5 mentions for Capital City Bank Group. Washington Trust Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Capital City Bank Group's score of -0.06 indicating that Washington Trust Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Capital City Bank Group beats Washington Trust Bancorp on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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