SPFI vs. CTBI, FCBC, FFBC, FULT, GSBC, NWBI, OCFC, STBA, WSBC, and OBK
Should you be buying South Plains Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of South Plains Financial include Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Community Bancshares (FCBC), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Fulton Financial (FULT), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), S&T Bancorp (STBA), WesBanco (WSBC), and Origin Bancorp (OBK).
South Plains Financial vs. Its Competitors
South Plains Financial (NASDAQ:SPFI) and Community Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:CTBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and institutional ownership.
South Plains Financial has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Community Trust Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than South Plains Financial. Community Trust Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than South Plains Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, South Plains Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Community Trust Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for South Plains Financial and 4 mentions for Community Trust Bancorp. Community Trust Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat South Plains Financial's score of 0.41 indicating that Community Trust Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
55.0% of South Plains Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.6% of South Plains Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Community Trust Bancorp has a net margin of 23.33% compared to South Plains Financial's net margin of 18.59%. South Plains Financial's return on equity of 12.27% beat Community Trust Bancorp's return on equity.
South Plains Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Community Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. South Plains Financial pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Community Trust Bancorp pays out 41.7% 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. South Plains Financial has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Community Trust Bancorp has increased its dividend for 44 consecutive years. Community Trust Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
South Plains Financial currently has a consensus price target of $44.67, suggesting a potential upside of 18.67%. Community Trust Bancorp has a consensus price target of $64.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.64%. Given South Plains Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe South Plains Financial is more favorable than Community Trust Bancorp.
Summary
Community Trust Bancorp beats South Plains Financial on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:SPFI) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
