CIVB vs. JMSB, BCML, HMST, LNKB, CVCY, FRBA, PCB, BMRC, SSBK, and CZFS
Should you be buying Civista Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Civista Bancshares include John Marshall Bancorp (JMSB), BayCom (BCML), HomeStreet (HMST), LINKBANCORP (LNKB), Central Valley Community Bancorp (CVCY), First Bank (FRBA), PCB Bancorp (PCB), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), Southern States Bancshares (SSBK), and Citizens Financial Services (CZFS). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Civista Bancshares (NASDAQ:CIVB) and John Marshall Bancorp (NASDAQ:JMSB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk and community ranking.
In the previous week, Civista Bancshares had 3 more articles in the media than John Marshall Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Civista Bancshares and 0 mentions for John Marshall Bancorp. Civista Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat John Marshall Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Civista Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Civista Bancshares has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Marshall Bancorp has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Civista Bancshares received 204 more outperform votes than John Marshall Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.97% of users gave John Marshall Bancorp an outperform vote while only 58.24% of users gave Civista Bancshares an outperform vote.
Civista Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than John Marshall Bancorp. Civista Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than John Marshall Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
52.1% of Civista Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.1% of John Marshall Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Civista Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.7% of John Marshall Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Civista Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $17.67, indicating a potential upside of 23.46%. Given Civista Bancshares' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Civista Bancshares is more favorable than John Marshall Bancorp.
Civista Bancshares has a net margin of 19.85% compared to John Marshall Bancorp's net margin of 6.01%. Civista Bancshares' return on equity of 12.26% beat John Marshall Bancorp's return on equity.
Civista Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. John Marshall Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Civista Bancshares pays out 23.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. John Marshall Bancorp pays out 61.1% 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. Civista Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Civista Bancshares beats John Marshall Bancorp on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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