CCNE vs. WASH, SPFI, THFF, CCBG, FMNB, RRBI, MOFG, BWB, HTBK, and IBCP
Should you be buying CNB Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CNB Financial include Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), South Plains Financial (SPFI), First Financial (THFF), Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), Farmers National Banc (FMNB), Red River Bancshares (RRBI), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), Bridgewater Bancshares (BWB), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), and Independent Bank (IBCP). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Washington Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:WASH) and CNB Financial (NASDAQ:CCNE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Washington Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CNB Financial has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
65.8% of Washington Trust Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of CNB Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Washington Trust Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of CNB Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Washington Trust Bancorp had 22 more articles in the media than CNB Financial. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Washington Trust Bancorp and 3 mentions for CNB Financial. CNB Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Washington Trust Bancorp's score of 0.36 indicating that Washington Trust Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CNB Financial has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.46%. Given Washington Trust Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CNB Financial is more favorable than Washington Trust Bancorp.
CNB Financial has a net margin of 15.96% compared to CNB Financial's net margin of 13.19%. Washington Trust Bancorp's return on equity of 10.85% beat CNB Financial's return on equity.
Washington Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. CNB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Washington Trust Bancorp pays out 79.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CNB Financial pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
CNB Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Washington Trust Bancorp. CNB Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Washington Trust Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CNB Financial received 87 more outperform votes than Washington Trust Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.62% of users gave CNB Financial an outperform vote while only 54.05% of users gave Washington Trust Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
CNB Financial beats Washington Trust Bancorp on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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