FMNB vs. CCBG, THFF, SPFI, WASH, HTBK, IBCP, CCNE, HBNC, CPF, and UVSP
Should you be buying Farmers National Banc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Farmers National Banc include Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), First Financial (THFF), South Plains Financial (SPFI), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Independent Bank (IBCP), CNB Financial (CCNE), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), and Univest Financial (UVSP). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Farmers National Banc (NASDAQ:FMNB) and Capital City Bank Group (NASDAQ:CCBG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Farmers National Banc presently has a consensus target price of $15.33, indicating a potential upside of 23.06%. Capital City Bank Group has a consensus target price of $34.67, indicating a potential upside of 27.87%. Given Capital City Bank Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Capital City Bank Group is more favorable than Farmers National Banc.
Capital City Bank Group received 33 more outperform votes than Farmers National Banc when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.60% of users gave Farmers National Banc an outperform vote while only 54.13% of users gave Capital City Bank Group an outperform vote.
38.7% of Farmers National Banc shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.6% of Capital City Bank Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of Farmers National Banc shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.4% of Capital City Bank Group shares are held 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.
Farmers National Banc has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital City Bank Group has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Capital City Bank Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Farmers National Banc. Capital City Bank Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Farmers National Banc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Capital City Bank Group had 5 more articles in the media than Farmers National Banc. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Capital City Bank Group and 2 mentions for Farmers National Banc. Farmers National Banc's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Capital City Bank Group's score of 0.67 indicating that Farmers National Banc is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Farmers National Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Capital City Bank Group pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Farmers National Banc pays out 50.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital City Bank Group pays out 26.2% 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.
Capital City Bank Group has a net margin of 20.67% compared to Farmers National Banc's net margin of 19.57%. Farmers National Banc's return on equity of 16.91% beat Capital City Bank Group's return on equity.
Summary
Capital City Bank Group beats Farmers National Banc on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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