CAC vs. CTBI, FFBC, FRME, GSBC, IBCP, TCBK, THFF, UVSP, WASH, and TMP
Should you be buying Camden National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Camden National include Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Independent Bank (IBCP), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), First Financial Corporation Indiana (THFF), Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), and Tompkins Financial (TMP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Camden National vs. Its Competitors
Camden National (NASDAQ:CAC) and Community Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:CTBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and risk.
Community Trust Bancorp has a net margin of 23.24% compared to Camden National's net margin of 14.77%. Community Trust Bancorp's return on equity of 11.91% beat Camden National's return on equity.
Camden National currently has a consensus price target of $48.00, indicating a potential upside of 35.44%. Community Trust Bancorp has a consensus price target of $63.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.46%. Given Camden National's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Camden National is more favorable than Community Trust Bancorp.
In the previous week, Community Trust Bancorp had 7 more articles in the media than Camden National. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Community Trust Bancorp and 3 mentions for Camden National. Community Trust Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Camden National's score of 0.62 indicating that Community Trust 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 4.7%. Community Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Camden National pays out 53.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Community Trust Bancorp pays out 41.7% 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. Community Trust Bancorp has increased its dividend for 44 consecutive years.
Camden National has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
77.4% of Camden National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Camden National shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are held 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.
Community Trust Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Camden National. Community Trust 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
Community Trust Bancorp beats Camden National on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:CAC) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
