CNOB vs. UCB, CORZ, EBC, INTR, RIOT, FHB, BUR, PRK, LU, and CLSK
Should you be buying ConnectOne Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ConnectOne Bancorp include United Community Banks (UCB), Core Scientific (CORZ), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), Riot Platforms (RIOT), First Hawaiian (FHB), Burford Capital (BUR), Park National (PRK), Lufax (LU), and CleanSpark (CLSK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
ConnectOne Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
ConnectOne Bancorp (NASDAQ:CNOB) and United Community Banks (NASDAQ:UCB) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
ConnectOne Bancorp has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Community Banks has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ConnectOne Bancorp received 260 more outperform votes than United Community Banks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.02% 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.
ConnectOne Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $28.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.29%. United Community Banks has a consensus target price of $33.14, suggesting a potential upside of 14.13%. Given ConnectOne Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ConnectOne Bancorp is more favorable than United Community Banks.
In the previous week, United Community Banks had 2 more articles in the media than ConnectOne Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for United Community Banks and 3 mentions for ConnectOne Bancorp. United Community Banks' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat ConnectOne Bancorp's score of 1.19 indicating that United Community Banks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ConnectOne Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. United Community Banks pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. ConnectOne Bancorp pays out 38.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Community Banks pays out 45.5% 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 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.
67.7% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.3% of United Community Banks shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of United Community Banks shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
United Community Banks beats ConnectOne Bancorp on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:CNOB) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
