CAC vs. HAFC, BDGE, FISI, FNLC, FLIC, NKSH, ATLO, SASR, WABC, and NBHC
Should you be buying Camden National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Camden National include Hanmi Financial (HAFC), Bridge Bancorp (BDGE), Financial Institutions (FISI), First Bancorp (FNLC), First of Long Island (FLIC), National Bankshares (NKSH), Ames National (ATLO), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), and National Bank (NBHC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Camden National (NASDAQ:CAC) and Hanmi Financial (NASDAQ:HAFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
77.4% of Camden National shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Hanmi Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Camden National shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Hanmi Financial shares are owned 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.
Camden National has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hanmi Financial has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hanmi Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Camden National. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Hanmi Financial and 11 mentions for Camden National. Camden National's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Hanmi Financial's score of 0.52 indicating that Camden National is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hanmi Financial has a consensus price target of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.06%. Given Hanmi Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hanmi Financial is more favorable than Camden National.
Hanmi Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Camden National. Hanmi Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Camden National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Camden National pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Hanmi Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Camden National pays out 55.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hanmi Financial 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. Hanmi Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hanmi Financial has a net margin of 17.63% compared to Camden National's net margin of 16.56%. Camden National's return on equity of 10.81% beat Hanmi Financial's return on equity.
Hanmi Financial received 63 more outperform votes than Camden National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.42% of users gave Camden National an outperform vote while only 56.30% of users gave Hanmi Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Hanmi Financial beats Camden National on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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