Coastal Financial (CCB) Competitors

Coastal Financial (NASDAQ:CCB) and Banco Macro (NYSE:BMA) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CCB or BMA?

Banco Macro received 315 more outperform votes than Coastal Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.19% of users gave Coastal Financial an outperform vote while only 62.59% of users gave Banco Macro an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coastal Financial	Outperform Votes 23 74.19%	Underperform Votes 8 25.81%
Banco Macro	Outperform Votes 338 62.59%	Underperform Votes 202 37.41%

Is CCB or BMA more profitable?

Banco Macro has a net margin of 15.12% compared to Coastal Financial's net margin of 6.43%. Banco Macro's return on equity of 26.55% beat Coastal Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coastal Financial	6.43%	14.98%	1.20%
Banco Macro	15.12%	26.55%	7.77%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CCB or BMA?

59.2% of Coastal Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 14.1% of Coastal Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of Banco Macro shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend CCB or BMA?

Coastal Financial presently has a consensus price target of $105.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.49%. Banco Macro has a consensus price target of $62.13, indicating a potential downside of 19.40%. Given Coastal Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Coastal Financial is more favorable than Banco Macro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coastal Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Banco Macro	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the media favor CCB or BMA?

In the previous week, Coastal Financial and Coastal Financial both had 4 articles in the media. Coastal Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Banco Macro's score of 0.33 indicating that Coastal Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coastal Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco Macro	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CCB or BMA?

Banco Macro has higher revenue and earnings than Coastal Financial. Banco Macro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coastal Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Coastal Financial	$436.55M	2.95	$45.22M	$3.38	25.36
Banco Macro	$2.92T	0.00	$2.23B	$11.41	6.76

Which has more volatility and risk, CCB or BMA?

Coastal Financial has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Macro has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Coastal Financial and Banco Macro tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.