SBCF vs. TOWN, HTLF, INDB, FBK, OFG, BOH, CVBF, RNST, LKFN, and BANR
Should you be buying Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida include TowneBank (TOWN), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), Independent Bank (INDB), FB Financial (FBK), OFG Bancorp (OFG), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), CVB Financial (CVBF), Renasant (RNST), Lakeland Financial (LKFN), and Banner (BANR). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
TowneBank (NASDAQ:TOWN) and Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (NASDAQ:SBCF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
56.0% of TowneBank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of TowneBank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida received 91 more outperform votes than TowneBank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.16% of users gave Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida an outperform vote while only 55.41% of users gave TowneBank an outperform vote.
TowneBank has a net margin of 15.50% compared to TowneBank's net margin of 15.08%. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's return on equity of 7.51% beat TowneBank's return on equity.
In the previous week, TowneBank and TowneBank both had 6 articles in the media. TowneBank's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's score of 0.50 indicating that Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TowneBank pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. TowneBank pays out 49.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida pays out 51.4% 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. TowneBank has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. TowneBank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
TowneBank has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
TowneBank has higher revenue and earnings than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida. TowneBank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TowneBank presently has a consensus target price of $29.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.47%. Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida has a consensus target price of $26.10, suggesting a potential upside of 7.41%. Given Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe TowneBank is more favorable than Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida.
Summary
TowneBank beats Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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