CBFV vs. ALRS, CBNK, MPB, YRD, FUFU, QD, SHBI, BTBT, HONE, and GNTY
Should you be buying CB Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CB Financial Services include Alerus Financial (ALRS), Capital Bancorp (CBNK), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), Yirendai (YRD), BitFuFu (FUFU), Qudian (QD), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), Bit Digital (BTBT), HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), and Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
CB Financial Services vs. Its Competitors
Alerus Financial (NASDAQ:ALRS) and CB Financial Services (NASDAQ:CBFV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and earnings.
CB Financial Services has a net margin of 12.83% compared to Alerus Financial's net margin of 7.81%. Alerus Financial's return on equity of 8.32% beat CB Financial Services' return on equity.
Alerus Financial has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CB Financial Services has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alerus Financial currently has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.70%. CB Financial Services has a consensus target price of $26.00, indicating a potential downside of 11.10%. Given Alerus Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Alerus Financial is more favorable than CB Financial Services.
Alerus Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. CB Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Alerus Financial pays out 68.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CB Financial Services pays out 52.1% 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. Alerus Financial has raised its dividend for 25 consecutive years. Alerus Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
51.3% of Alerus Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.1% of CB Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Alerus Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of CB Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Alerus Financial has higher revenue and earnings than CB Financial Services. CB Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alerus Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Alerus Financial had 1 more articles in the media than CB Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Alerus Financial and 6 mentions for CB Financial Services. Alerus Financial's average media sentiment score of -0.12 beat CB Financial Services' score of -0.18 indicating that Alerus Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Alerus Financial beats CB Financial Services on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CBFV) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
