MCBC vs. CATC, FMNB, MCB, HTBK, TRST, CCBG, HONE, IBCP, EQBK, and WASH
Should you be buying Macatawa Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Macatawa Bank include Cambridge Bancorp (CATC), Farmers National Banc (FMNB), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), Independent Bank (IBCP), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), and Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Macatawa Bank (NASDAQ:MCBC) and Cambridge Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk and community ranking.
42.5% of Macatawa Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of Cambridge Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% of Macatawa Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Cambridge Bancorp shares are owned by 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 8 more articles in the media than Cambridge Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Macatawa Bank and 10 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 news media.
Macatawa Bank has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cambridge Bancorp has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Macatawa Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Cambridge Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Macatawa Bank pays out 30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cambridge Bancorp pays out 73.8% 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.
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.
Macatawa Bank currently has a consensus price target of $12.83, suggesting a potential downside of 8.98%. Cambridge Bancorp has a consensus price target of $73.15, suggesting a potential upside of 15.27%. Given Cambridge Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cambridge Bancorp is more favorable than Macatawa Bank.
Summary
Macatawa Bank beats Cambridge Bancorp on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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