CCNE vs. THFF, WASH, FMNB, CCBG, MOFG, HTBK, BWB, EBTC, HBNC, and BSRR
Should you be buying CNB Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CNB Financial include First Financial (THFF), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), Farmers National Banc (FMNB), Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Bridgewater Bancshares (BWB), Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), and Sierra Bancorp (BSRR). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
CNB Financial (NASDAQ:CCNE) and First Financial (NASDAQ:THFF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.
CNB Financial currently has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.39%. First Financial has a consensus price target of $43.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.09%. Given First Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Financial is more favorable than CNB Financial.
In the previous week, First Financial had 6 more articles in the media than CNB Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for First Financial and 1 mentions for CNB Financial. First Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat CNB Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that First Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
52.3% of CNB Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.7% of First Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of CNB Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of First Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CNB Financial has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Financial received 67 more outperform votes than CNB Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.66% of users gave First Financial an outperform vote while only 60.62% of users gave CNB Financial an outperform vote.
First Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CNB Financial. First Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CNB Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CNB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. First Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. CNB Financial pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial pays out 38.4% 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.
First Financial has a net margin of 20.16% compared to CNB Financial's net margin of 15.96%. First Financial's return on equity of 11.16% beat CNB Financial's return on equity.
Summary
First Financial beats CNB Financial on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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