CNOB vs. UCB, AVAL, EBC, BUR, RIOT, FHB, INTR, CORZ, AUB, and PRK
Should you be buying ConnectOne Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ConnectOne Bancorp include United Community Banks (UCB), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), Burford Capital (BUR), Riot Platforms (RIOT), First Hawaiian (FHB), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), Core Scientific (CORZ), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), and Park National (PRK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
ConnectOne Bancorp vs.
United Community Banks (NASDAQ:UCB) and ConnectOne Bancorp (NASDAQ:CNOB) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
82.3% of United Community Banks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of United Community Banks shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
ConnectOne Bancorp received 260 more outperform votes than United Community Banks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.28% of users gave ConnectOne Bancorp an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave United Community Banks an outperform vote.
United Community Banks has a net margin of 16.48% compared to ConnectOne Bancorp's net margin of 13.80%. United Community Banks' return on equity of 8.64% beat ConnectOne Bancorp's return on equity.
United Community Banks has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ConnectOne Bancorp has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, United Community Banks had 8 more articles in the media than ConnectOne Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for United Community Banks and 5 mentions for ConnectOne Bancorp. United Community Banks' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat ConnectOne Bancorp's score of 1.02 indicating that United Community Banks is being referred to more favorably in the media.
United Community Banks pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. ConnectOne Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. United Community Banks pays out 45.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ConnectOne Bancorp pays out 38.9% 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. ConnectOne Bancorp has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
United Community Banks presently has a consensus target price of $33.14, indicating a potential upside of 15.86%. ConnectOne Bancorp has a consensus target price of $28.50, indicating a potential upside of 25.88%. Given ConnectOne Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ConnectOne Bancorp is more favorable than United Community Banks.
United Community Banks has higher revenue and earnings than ConnectOne Bancorp. ConnectOne Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Community Banks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
United Community Banks beats ConnectOne Bancorp on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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