CMFN vs. FSEA, CIZN, INTG, TCBS, BCOW, BYFC, CFSB, AHT, BOTJ, and SELF
Should you be buying CM Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CM Finance include First Seacoast Bancorp (FSEA), Citizens (CIZN), The InterGroup (INTG), Texas Community Bancshares (TCBS), 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin (BCOW), Broadway Financial (BYFC), CFSB Bancorp (CFSB), Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT), Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ), and Global Self Storage (SELF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
First Seacoast Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSEA) and CM Finance (NASDAQ:CMFN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.
CM Finance received 151 more outperform votes than First Seacoast Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.00% of users gave CM Finance an outperform vote while only 38.10% of users gave First Seacoast Bancorp an outperform vote.
CM Finance has higher revenue and earnings than First Seacoast Bancorp. First Seacoast Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CM Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Seacoast Bancorp has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CM Finance has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CM Finance has a net margin of -13.35% compared to CM Finance's net margin of -57.34%. First Seacoast Bancorp's return on equity of 11.75% beat CM Finance's return on equity.
38.4% of First Seacoast Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of CM Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of First Seacoast Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of CM Finance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, First Seacoast Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than CM Finance. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for First Seacoast Bancorp and 0 mentions for CM Finance. CM Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat First Seacoast Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that First Seacoast Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
CM Finance beats First Seacoast Bancorp on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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