EMYB vs. BFNC, BKGMF, BTHT, CROL, CIWV, CBKM, CRSB, CHBH, CYVF, and CYHC
Should you be buying Embassy Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Embassy Bancorp include Bank First National (BFNC), BayCom (BKGMF), Best Hometown Bancorp (BTHT), Carroll Bancorp (CROL), Citizens Financial (CIWV), Consumers Bancorp (CBKM), Cornerstone Community Bancorp (CRSB), Croghan Bancshares (CHBH), Crystal Valley Financial (CYVF), and CTRY BK HLDG CO/SH (CYHC). These companies are all part of the "banks - regional - us" industry.
Embassy Bancorp vs.
Bank First National (OTCMKTS:BFNC) and Embassy Bancorp (OTCMKTS:EMYB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Bank First National had 23 more articles in the media than Embassy Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Bank First National and 0 mentions for Embassy Bancorp. Bank First National's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Embassy Bancorp's score of -1.14 indicating that Bank First National is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Embassy Bancorp received 55 more outperform votes than Bank First National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.27% of users gave Bank First National an outperform vote while only 65.87% of users gave Embassy Bancorp an outperform vote.
10.8% of Bank First National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.7% of Embassy Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 14.4% of Bank First National shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Embassy Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank First National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bank First National pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Embassy Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Bank First National pays out 32.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Embassy Bancorp pays out 6.9% 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.
Summary
Bank First National beats Embassy Bancorp on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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