BDGE vs. CAC, HAFC, FISI, FNLC, FLIC, ATLO, NKSH, SASR, WABC, and NBHC
Should you be buying Bridge Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridge Bancorp include Camden National (CAC), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), Financial Institutions (FISI), First Bancorp (FNLC), First of Long Island (FLIC), Ames National (ATLO), National Bankshares (NKSH), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), and National Bank (NBHC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Camden National (NASDAQ:CAC) and Bridge Bancorp (NASDAQ:BDGE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
77.4% of Camden National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.8% of Bridge Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Camden National shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of Bridge Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Bridge Bancorp has a net margin of 23.05% compared to Bridge Bancorp's net margin of 16.86%. Bridge Bancorp's return on equity of 10.90% beat Camden National's return on equity.
In the previous week, Camden National had 3 more articles in the media than Bridge Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Camden National and 0 mentions for Bridge Bancorp. Camden National's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Bridge Bancorp's score of -0.09 indicating that Bridge Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Camden National pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Bridge Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Camden National pays out 56.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bridge Bancorp pays out 37.1% 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.
Bridge Bancorp received 20 more outperform votes than Camden National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.42% of users gave Camden National an outperform vote while only 55.93% of users gave Bridge Bancorp an outperform vote.
Camden National has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridge Bancorp has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bridge Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Camden National. Bridge Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Camden National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Camden National beats Bridge Bancorp on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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