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C&F Financial (CFFI) Competitors

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$79.00 +0.61 (+0.78%)
(As of 02:33 PM ET)

CFFI vs. UVSP, HFWA, EGBN, CPF, FCBC, MBWM, HAFC, HBNC, GSBC, and CAC

Should you be buying C&F Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of C&F Financial include Univest Financial (UVSP), Heritage Financial (HFWA), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), and Camden National (CAC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

C&F Financial vs.

C&F Financial (NASDAQ:CFFI) and Univest Financial (NASDAQ:UVSP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

37.2% of C&F Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Univest Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of C&F Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Univest Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

C&F Financial has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Univest Financial has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

C&F Financial received 30 more outperform votes than Univest Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.21% of users gave C&F Financial an outperform vote while only 50.31% of users gave Univest Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
C&F FinancialOutperform Votes
191
68.21%
Underperform Votes
89
31.79%
Univest FinancialOutperform Votes
161
50.31%
Underperform Votes
159
49.69%

In the previous week, C&F Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Univest Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for C&F Financial and 1 mentions for Univest Financial. Univest Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat C&F Financial's score of 0.14 indicating that Univest Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
C&F Financial
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Univest Financial
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

C&F Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Univest Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. C&F Financial pays out 31.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Univest Financial pays out 33.7% 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. C&F Financial has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Univest Financial has a consensus target price of $28.00, indicating a potential downside of 11.00%. Given Univest Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Univest Financial is more favorable than C&F Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
C&F Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Univest Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
C&F Financial$153.75M1.65$23.60M$5.6613.85
Univest Financial$448.55M2.04$71.10M$2.4912.63

Univest Financial has a net margin of 14.90% compared to C&F Financial's net margin of 11.39%. C&F Financial's return on equity of 8.58% beat Univest Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
C&F Financial11.39% 8.58% 0.76%
Univest Financial 14.90%8.24%0.89%

Summary

Univest Financial beats C&F Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CFFI vs. The Competition

MetricC&F FinancialState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$253.20M$3.26B$10.62B$9.16B
Dividend Yield2.27%3.42%10.15%4.06%
P/E Ratio13.8517.6248.9217.81
Price / Sales1.652.813,402.13159.64
Price / Cash8.9711.3230.8135.62
Price / Book1.211.342.944.97
Net Income$23.60M$406.76M$1.02B$224.50M
7 Day Performance3.75%-0.07%0.05%1.58%
1 Month Performance16.98%1.70%1.37%6.50%
1 Year Performance28.85%28.50%20.87%29.59%

C&F Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CFFI
C&F Financial
1.9838 of 5 stars
$79.00
+0.8%
N/A+28.8%$255.17M$153.75M13.96594Gap Down
UVSP
Univest Financial
2.3333 of 5 stars
$31.93
+0.5%
$28.00
-12.3%
+55.1%$927.25M$448.55M12.69920Positive News
HFWA
Heritage Financial
3.7875 of 5 stars
$26.40
-0.2%
$25.00
-5.3%
+29.1%$901.67M$210.51M24.17748Positive News
EGBN
Eagle Bancorp
1.4412 of 5 stars
$29.81
+1.5%
$24.50
-17.8%
+10.0%$900.26M$647.06M-20.97500Positive News
CPF
Central Pacific Financial
4.4141 of 5 stars
$31.92
flat
$24.00
-24.8%
+62.1%$864.07M$329.32M15.25696Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
FCBC
First Community Bankshares
2.7791 of 5 stars
$46.35
+0.4%
$38.00
-18.0%
+27.1%$847.74M$174.62M16.55591
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
2.6594 of 5 stars
$49.99
-0.1%
$52.00
+4.0%
+32.6%$806.84M$303.50M10.05670Positive News
HAFC
Hanmi Financial
4.5084 of 5 stars
$26.51
+0.2%
$22.63
-14.7%
+38.3%$800.60M$403.51M12.72615
HBNC
Horizon Bancorp
4.6976 of 5 stars
$18.29
flat
$16.00
-12.5%
+43.7%$799.55M$185.07M38.57818
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
1.6579 of 5 stars
$64.14
+0.1%
$52.00
-18.9%
+18.7%$749.16M$326.91M12.531,352
CAC
Camden National
2.619 of 5 stars
$46.96
-0.3%
$41.50
-11.6%
+26.3%$684.68M$257.28M14.72600Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:CFFI) was last updated on 12/10/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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