SMMF vs. CCNE, FFWM, CSTR, FSBC, SPFI, THFF, FFIC, WASH, HONE, and MPB
Should you be buying Summit Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Summit Financial Group include CNB Financial (CCNE), First Foundation (FFWM), CapStar Financial (CSTR), Five Star Bancorp (FSBC), South Plains Financial (SPFI), First Financial (THFF), Flushing Financial (FFIC), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), and Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB).
CNB Financial (NASDAQ:CCNE) and Summit Financial Group (NASDAQ:SMMF) 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.
CNB Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Summit Financial Group. Summit Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CNB Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summit Financial Group has a net margin of 20.97% compared to Summit Financial Group's net margin of 15.96%. CNB Financial's return on equity of 13.99% beat Summit Financial Group's return on equity.
CNB Financial has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Summit Financial Group has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CNB Financial received 58 more outperform votes than Summit Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.62% of users gave CNB Financial an outperform vote while only 57.91% of users gave Summit Financial Group an outperform vote.
CNB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Summit Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. CNB Financial pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Summit Financial Group pays out 23.0% 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. Summit Financial Group has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Summit Financial Group had 5 more articles in the media than CNB Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Summit Financial Group and 1 mentions for CNB Financial. CNB Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Summit Financial Group's score of -0.54 indicating that Summit Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CNB Financial presently has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.05%. Summit Financial Group has a consensus target price of $27.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.50%. Given Summit Financial Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CNB Financial is more favorable than Summit Financial Group.
52.4% of CNB Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.7% of Summit Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of CNB Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Summit Financial Group 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.
Summary
Summit Financial Group beats CNB Financial on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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