Fidelity D & D Bancorp (FDBC) Competitors

ConnectOne Bancorp (NASDAQ:CNOB) and Fidelity D & D Bancorp (NASDAQ:FDBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Is CNOB or FDBC a better dividend stock?

ConnectOne Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Fidelity D & D Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. ConnectOne Bancorp pays out 38.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity D & D Bancorp pays out 42.6% 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 and Fidelity D & D Bancorp has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Fidelity D & D Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor CNOB or FDBC?

In the previous week, ConnectOne Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Fidelity D & D Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ConnectOne Bancorp and 1 mentions for Fidelity D & D Bancorp. Fidelity D & D Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat ConnectOne Bancorp's score of 1.19 indicating that Fidelity D & D Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
ConnectOne Bancorp	Positive
Fidelity D & D Bancorp	Very Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CNOB or FDBC?

ConnectOne Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity D & D Bancorp. Fidelity D & D Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ConnectOne Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ConnectOne Bancorp	$270.12M	3.17	$73.79M	$1.85	12.04
Fidelity D & D Bancorp	$81.55M	2.90	$20.79M	$3.76	10.89

Do analysts rate CNOB or FDBC?

ConnectOne Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $28.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.92%. Given ConnectOne Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ConnectOne Bancorp is more favorable than Fidelity D & D Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ConnectOne Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Fidelity D & D Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CNOB or FDBC?

ConnectOne Bancorp received 108 more outperform votes than Fidelity D & D Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.12% of users gave Fidelity D & D Bancorp an outperform vote while only 58.02% of users gave ConnectOne Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ConnectOne Bancorp	Outperform Votes 264 58.02%	Underperform Votes 191 41.98%
Fidelity D & D Bancorp	Outperform Votes 156 68.12%	Underperform Votes 73 31.88%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CNOB or FDBC?

67.7% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.0% of Fidelity D & D Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.0% of Fidelity D & D Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CNOB or FDBC more profitable?

Fidelity D & D Bancorp has a net margin of 16.50% compared to ConnectOne Bancorp's net margin of 13.80%. Fidelity D & D Bancorp's return on equity of 10.49% beat ConnectOne Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ConnectOne Bancorp	13.80%	6.77%	0.78%
Fidelity D & D Bancorp	16.50%	10.49%	0.82%

Which has more risk and volatility, CNOB or FDBC?

ConnectOne Bancorp has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity D & D Bancorp has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ConnectOne Bancorp beats Fidelity D & D Bancorp on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.