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CPF vs. ABCB, CATY, FFBC, FFIN, FHB, HOPE, PPBI, SFNC, WSFS, and BKU

Should you be buying CPB stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CPB include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), First Hawaiian (FHB), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Simmons First National (SFNC), WSFS Financial (WSFS), and BankUnited (BKU). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

CPB vs. Its Competitors

Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and CPB (NYSE:CPF) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. CPB pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CPB pays out 48.4% 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. CPB has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. CPB is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 9 more articles in the media than CPB. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 4 mentions for CPB. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat CPB's score of 1.29 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameris Bancorp
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
CPB
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CPB has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.4% of CPB shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of CPB shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameris Bancorp$1.13B4.39$358.68M$5.6812.69
CPB$344.82M2.40$53.41M$2.2313.78

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to CPB's net margin of 17.31%. CPB's return on equity of 12.80% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
CPB 17.31%12.80%0.95%

Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $72.14, indicating a potential upside of 0.09%. CPB has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.92%. Given CPB's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CPB is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
CPB
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats CPB on 13 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 NYSE 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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CPF vs. The Competition

MetricCPBBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$793.52M$1.90B$12.40B$20.92B
Dividend Yield3.67%3.45%5.52%3.58%
P/E Ratio13.7818.4519.3929.13
Price / Sales2.402.8126.0753.00
Price / Cash10.7111.3921.7523.54
Price / Book1.461.302.355.45
Net Income$53.41M$198.60M$1.01B$992.10M
7 Day Performance9.42%4.31%1.73%2.61%
1 Month Performance8.18%2.93%1.02%1.46%
1 Year Performance11.20%11.69%537.30%10.72%

CPB Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CPF
CPB
4.8829 of 5 stars
$30.72
+4.5%
$35.00
+13.9%
+16.2%$793.52M$344.82M13.78780Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.0656 of 5 stars
$70.17
+0.3%
$72.14
+2.8%
+23.2%$4.81B$1.13B13.472,850Positive News
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.7324 of 5 stars
$47.65
+0.7%
$49.71
+4.3%
+18.2%$3.27B$1.39B11.511,266Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.5212 of 5 stars
$24.68
+0.1%
$29.00
+17.5%
+4.2%$2.36B$1.62B9.872,090News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
FFIN
First Financial Bankshares
3.6364 of 5 stars
$35.63
+0.7%
$39.25
+10.2%
+6.9%$5.06B$752.91M20.721,500Positive News
FHB
First Hawaiian
2.2488 of 5 stars
$24.56
+0.2%
$27.64
+12.6%
+8.6%$3.05B$1.17B12.662,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.7409 of 5 stars
$10.36
+0.6%
$13.25
+27.9%
-9.7%$1.32B$1.00B29.601,244News Coverage
Positive News
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.6642 of 5 stars
$23.24
+0.5%
$27.50
+18.3%
-0.8%$2.24B$905.41M16.371,325Positive News
SFNC
Simmons First National
4.6938 of 5 stars
$19.95
+0.6%
$22.75
+14.0%
+3.3%$2.87B$1.46B15.712,946News Coverage
Positive News
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.7145 of 5 stars
$55.29
+0.3%
$66.00
+19.4%
+11.7%$3.09B$1.40B12.132,309Positive News
BKU
BankUnited
4.137 of 5 stars
$37.38
-0.3%
$41.55
+11.1%
+6.2%$2.82B$2.02B10.961,680Positive News

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This page (NYSE:CPF) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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