CSTR vs. FSBC, MCB, FFWM, SMMF, SPFI, CCNE, WASH, THFF, MOFG, and RRBI
Should you be buying CapStar Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CapStar Financial include Five Star Bancorp (FSBC), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), First Foundation (FFWM), Summit Financial Group (SMMF), South Plains Financial (SPFI), CNB Financial (CCNE), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), First Financial (THFF), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), and Red River Bancshares (RRBI). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
CapStar Financial (NASDAQ:CSTR) and Five Star Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and community ranking.
CapStar Financial received 296 more outperform votes than Five Star Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.91% of users gave Five Star Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.71% of users gave CapStar Financial an outperform vote.
CapStar Financial has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Five Star Bancorp has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Five Star Bancorp has a net margin of 26.24% compared to CapStar Financial's net margin of 16.17%. Five Star Bancorp's return on equity of 17.52% beat CapStar Financial's return on equity.
CapStar Financial currently has a consensus target price of $15.58, suggesting a potential downside of 22.47%. Five Star Bancorp has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.04%. Given Five Star Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Five Star Bancorp is more favorable than CapStar Financial.
Five Star Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CapStar Financial. Five Star Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CapStar Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
52.2% of CapStar Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.9% of Five Star Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.2% of CapStar Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.7% of Five Star Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Five Star Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than CapStar Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Five Star Bancorp and 3 mentions for CapStar Financial. Five Star Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat CapStar Financial's score of 0.21 indicating that Five Star Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CapStar Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Five Star Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. CapStar Financial pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Five Star Bancorp pays out 28.8% 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.
Summary
Five Star Bancorp beats CapStar Financial on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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