BMRC vs. CZNC, BSRR, WTBA, MOFG, CFFI, CCNE, THFF, WASH, CCBG, and FMNB
Should you be buying Bank of Marin Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Marin Bancorp include Citizens & Northern (CZNC), Sierra Bancorp (BSRR), West Bancorporation (WTBA), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), C&F Financial (CFFI), CNB Financial (CCNE), First Financial (THFF), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), and Farmers National Banc (FMNB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Citizens & Northern (NASDAQ:CZNC) and Bank of Marin Bancorp (NASDAQ:BMRC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Bank of Marin Bancorp received 114 more outperform votes than Citizens & Northern when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.33% of users gave Bank of Marin Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.18% of users gave Citizens & Northern an outperform vote.
Citizens & Northern has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Marin Bancorp has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Citizens & Northern currently has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.46%. Bank of Marin Bancorp has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 44.74%. Given Citizens & Northern's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bank of Marin Bancorp is more favorable than Citizens & Northern.
30.8% of Citizens & Northern shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of Bank of Marin Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Citizens & Northern shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Bank of Marin Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Citizens & Northern pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Bank of Marin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Citizens & Northern pays out 71.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Marin Bancorp pays out 80.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Citizens & Northern had 1 more articles in the media than Bank of Marin Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Citizens & Northern and 1 mentions for Bank of Marin Bancorp. Citizens & Northern's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Bank of Marin Bancorp's score of 0.69 indicating that Bank of Marin Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Citizens & Northern has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bank of Marin Bancorp. Citizens & Northern is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Marin Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Citizens & Northern has a net margin of 17.51% compared to Citizens & Northern's net margin of 13.77%. Bank of Marin Bancorp's return on equity of 9.60% beat Citizens & Northern's return on equity.
Summary
Bank of Marin Bancorp beats Citizens & Northern on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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