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Capital City Bank Group (CCBG) Competitors

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$40.39 -1.27 (-3.05%)
Closing price 07/11/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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CCBG vs. ABCB, BUSE, EFSC, FCBC, OBK, TCBK, TOWN, UVSP, FCF, and TMP

Should you be buying Capital City Bank Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capital City Bank Group include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), First Busey (BUSE), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), First Community Bancshares (FCBC), Origin Bancorp (OBK), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Towne Bank (TOWN), Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), and Tompkins Financial (TMP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Capital City Bank Group vs. Its Competitors

Capital City Bank Group (NASDAQ:CCBG) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

In the previous week, Capital City Bank Group had 2 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Capital City Bank Group and 3 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Capital City Bank Group's score of 0.75 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Capital City Bank Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ameris Bancorp
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Capital City Bank Group pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Capital City Bank Group pays out 28.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% 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. Capital City Bank Group has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Capital City Bank Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

44.6% of Capital City Bank Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.6% of Capital City Bank Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by company 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.

Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Capital City Bank Group. Capital City Bank Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameris Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Capital City Bank Group$270.63M2.55$52.92M$3.3711.99
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.13$358.68M$5.4012.46

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Capital City Bank Group's net margin of 20.77%. Capital City Bank Group's return on equity of 11.76% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Capital City Bank Group20.77% 11.76% 1.33%
Ameris Bancorp 21.46%9.57%1.32%

Capital City Bank Group has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Capital City Bank Group presently has a consensus target price of $38.33, indicating a potential downside of 5.09%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $71.43, indicating a potential upside of 6.14%. Given Ameris Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ameris Bancorp is more favorable than Capital City Bank Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Capital City Bank Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Capital City Bank Group on 13 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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CCBG vs. The Competition

MetricCapital City Bank GroupBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$688.85M$1.99B$12.08B$9.11B
Dividend Yield2.38%2.63%5.54%4.01%
P/E Ratio11.9912.3819.2020.26
Price / Sales2.552.5225.66166.10
Price / Cash10.5412.4121.4557.67
Price / Book1.381.212.285.49
Net Income$52.92M$154.64M$992.82M$250.45M
7 Day Performance-2.27%-0.67%-0.20%4.79%
1 Month Performance9.90%7.55%3.93%9.59%
1 Year Performance35.76%22.47%539.45%16.41%

Capital City Bank Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CCBG
Capital City Bank Group
3.9505 of 5 stars
$40.39
-3.0%
$38.33
-5.1%
+35.8%$688.85M$270.63M11.99800News Coverage
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.2531 of 5 stars
$67.04
-1.0%
$71.43
+6.5%
+23.4%$4.62B$1.12B12.872,850Positive News
BUSE
First Busey
4.8231 of 5 stars
$24.00
-1.6%
$27.67
+15.3%
-5.9%$2.18B$663.36M22.431,548News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
EFSC
Enterprise Financial Services
4.4748 of 5 stars
$57.01
-0.6%
$64.33
+12.8%
+32.8%$2.12B$920.75M11.181,256
FCBC
First Community Bancshares
3.3083 of 5 stars
$40.74
-2.5%
N/A+3.8%$763.89M$185.53M14.71630News Coverage
Positive News
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.406 of 5 stars
$37.38
-1.5%
$42.20
+12.9%
+10.7%$1.16B$358.20M15.201,010News Coverage
TCBK
TriCo Bancshares
3.5915 of 5 stars
$42.38
-1.4%
$47.80
+12.8%
+2.1%$1.41B$531.04M12.361,201News Coverage
Positive News
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.7438 of 5 stars
$35.59
-1.1%
$40.00
+12.4%
+19.3%$2.70B$1.03B15.082,720Positive News
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
3.0965 of 5 stars
$32.01
-2.1%
$29.00
-9.4%
+30.5%$944.38M$500.41M11.99970Positive News
FCF
First Commonwealth Financial
3.7058 of 5 stars
$16.95
-1.8%
$18.92
+11.6%
+12.8%$1.81B$699.69M12.651,545
TMP
Tompkins Financial
3.2743 of 5 stars
$66.27
-0.6%
$69.00
+4.1%
N/A$962.20M$435.70M12.891,011

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This page (NASDAQ:CCBG) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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