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$16.54 -0.20 (-1.18%)
Closing price 07/25/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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CBAN vs. CTBI, FMBH, OBK, OCFC, PPBI, SHBI, STEL, THFF, WSFS, and PFS

Should you be buying Colony Bankcorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Colony Bankcorp include Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Origin Bancorp (OBK), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), Stellarone (STEL), First Financial Corporation Indiana (THFF), WSFS Financial (WSFS), and Provident Financial Services (PFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Colony Bankcorp vs. Its Competitors

Community Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:CTBI) and Colony Bankcorp (NASDAQ:CBAN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability and valuation.

Community Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colony Bankcorp has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Community Trust Bancorp has a net margin of 23.33% compared to Colony Bankcorp's net margin of 13.51%. Community Trust Bancorp's return on equity of 11.92% beat Colony Bankcorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Community Trust Bancorp23.33% 11.92% 1.49%
Colony Bankcorp 13.51%9.64%0.85%

In the previous week, Colony Bankcorp had 6 more articles in the media than Community Trust Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Colony Bankcorp and 8 mentions for Community Trust Bancorp. Community Trust Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Colony Bankcorp's score of 0.87 indicating that Community Trust Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Community Trust Bancorp
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Colony Bankcorp
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

60.2% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.4% of Colony Bankcorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Colony Bankcorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Community Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Colony Bankcorp pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Community Trust Bancorp pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Colony Bankcorp pays out 32.2% 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 and Colony Bankcorp has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Community Trust Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Community Trust Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Colony Bankcorp. Community Trust Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colony Bankcorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Community Trust Bancorp$376.01M2.68$82.81M$5.0810.97
Colony Bankcorp$117.31M2.46$23.87M$1.4311.57

Community Trust Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $59.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.76%. Given Community Trust Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Community Trust Bancorp is more favorable than Colony Bankcorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Community Trust Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Colony Bankcorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Community Trust Bancorp beats Colony Bankcorp 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CBAN vs. The Competition

MetricColony BankcorpState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$288.56M$1.38B$12.28B$9.50B
Dividend Yield2.61%8.91%5.54%4.01%
P/E Ratio12.259.4619.0320.05
Price / Sales2.463.2526.1090.07
Price / Cash9.699.9621.6358.56
Price / Book1.140.972.205.87
Net Income$23.87M$756.71M$997.25M$258.55M
7 Day Performance-5.39%-0.99%0.60%3.74%
1 Month Performance0.77%2.40%3.44%11.75%
1 Year Performance7.07%-0.71%536.57%18.03%

Colony Bankcorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CBAN
Colony Bankcorp
3.7182 of 5 stars
$16.54
-1.2%
N/A+16.8%$288.56M$117.31M12.25520Trending News
Dividend Announcement
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
3.6305 of 5 stars
$56.86
-0.1%
$59.50
+4.6%
+9.1%$1.03B$376.01M11.19980Positive News
Dividend Increase
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
3.5446 of 5 stars
$38.83
-0.1%
$43.83
+12.9%
-1.3%$932.69M$453.67M11.561,198News Coverage
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.4257 of 5 stars
$37.87
-0.7%
$42.20
+11.4%
+8.4%$1.19B$358.20M15.391,010News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
4.3095 of 5 stars
$18.62
-0.3%
$20.67
+11.0%
-5.1%$1.09B$692.36M12.17960Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Gap Down
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.7206 of 5 stars
$21.95
-0.7%
$27.25
+24.1%
-15.5%$2.14B$905.41M14.541,325News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
SHBI
Shore Bancshares
4.7364 of 5 stars
$16.59
-0.7%
$20.00
+20.6%
+9.6%$557.35M$207.03M11.13450News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
STEL
Stellarone
1.755 of 5 stars
$31.89
+15.0%
$29.00
-9.0%
+13.9%$1.55B$625.45M14.411,025News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Up
THFF
First Financial Corporation Indiana
3.2899 of 5 stars
$55.81
-0.4%
$55.67
-0.3%
+19.4%$664.35M$307.51M12.13880Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.0404 of 5 stars
$57.89
-0.5%
$62.75
+8.4%
-1.3%$3.30B$1.40B13.222,309Trending News
Earnings Report
PFS
Provident Financial Services
3.7432 of 5 stars
$18.42
-1.1%
$23.60
+28.1%
+2.7%$2.43B$1.14B16.601,801Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast

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