CBAN vs. QCRH, GHLD, BFC, LX, OBNK, OBK, OPFI, FBMS, FSUN, and AMAL
Should you be buying Colony Bankcorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Colony Bankcorp include QCR (QCRH), Guild (GHLD), Bank First National (BFC), LexinFintech (LX), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), Origin Bancorp (OBK), OppFi (OPFI), First Bancshares (FBMS), FirstSun Capital Bancorp (FSUN), and Amalgamated Financial (AMAL). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Colony Bankcorp vs. Its Competitors
Colony Bankcorp (NYSE:CBAN) and QCR (NASDAQ:QCRH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
Colony Bankcorp pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. QCR pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Colony Bankcorp pays out 32.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. QCR pays out 3.6% 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.
QCR has higher revenue and earnings than Colony Bankcorp. QCR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colony Bankcorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
QCR has a net margin of 19.17% compared to Colony Bankcorp's net margin of 14.10%. QCR's return on equity of 12.03% beat Colony Bankcorp's return on equity.
50.4% of Colony Bankcorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of QCR shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Colony Bankcorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of QCR shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Colony Bankcorp has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QCR has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, QCR had 2 more articles in the media than Colony Bankcorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for QCR and 0 mentions for Colony Bankcorp. QCR's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Colony Bankcorp's score of 0.00 indicating that QCR is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
QCR has a consensus price target of $85.33, indicating a potential upside of 17.32%. Given QCR's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe QCR is more favorable than Colony Bankcorp.
Summary
QCR beats Colony Bankcorp on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:CBAN) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
